Which country carries more weight for winning the WW2?

Question

And please dont answer if you gonna say: the US.. because they declared war to germany like 2 years after the war started.. just because the germans went out of their hands, not because the japanese attack (and that will show u dont know a shiit).. ok, so who was the number one??

Answer 1

There are none so blind, as those who will not see...

Lay aside your anti-American rhetoric and do your own research.

The only real resistance when we entered WWII on the European Front was from Britain, which was being bombed to oblivion, and Russia, which was in almost as dire straits. It was the US intervention working with the Brits and the French that turned the tides on the Western Front in Europe. We provided vital supplies to the Russians, which combined with the Russian winter and dwindling German supply lines as a result of the Germans sending more supplies to the Western Front, resulted in the Russians and their vast superiority in sheer volume of fighters pushing the Germans back from the Eastern Front. With nearly all of the German tanks either bogged down or out of gas, the infantry support faltered and retreated.

If you want to give credit for winning the war in Europe, give it to Hitler for being so foolish as to think he could successfully fight on two fronts instead of destroying one, then attacking the other. Thank Hitler for not trusting some of his best generals like Rommel. Even we'd have benefitted more if Patton had had his way in Europe. He wasn't much for politics, but he was a hell of a tactician. Hitler, by contrast, may have been fantastic at politics, but he made a lousy tactician.

I'd be remiss, however, were I not to mention the valiant men and women of all the countries who strongly opposed the Germans with their last breath. Britain held out longer than most on their front, but were it not for the English Channel, they would have gone under quickly, for their strength was primarily in their Navy. Russian lost so many people because they fought the Germans with all they had, which unfortunately was not a whole lot to start. It is not so difficult to fight valiantly against an implacable enemy who seeks to destroy all that you hold sacred, especially your loved ones. Even people whose countries had already been subdued, continued to resist to the best of their ability. The French Resistance was perhaps the most notorious of those.

Hate the Americans all you want, but know that if it were not for us intervening before all was lost in Europe, Germany would have quickly finished off Britain then concentrated their troops for a renewed assault that would have broken Russia.

Answer 2

Yes we entered the war late after the Japanese attacked us. but it was Germany who declared war on us, We only declared war on Japan.

But you cannot deny America's role in the war just for that alone. doing so would prove that (to quote you) "you don't know a shiit"

Defeating the Axis powers was a cooperative effert by ALL the allies. That being said. which country carried more weight for winning the war? well its different depending on which Theater (Pacific, or European)

In the Pacific it is the USA hands down. America carried more than 95% of the ball in fighting the Japanese. We had help from the Phillipine Resistance whiole fighting there. Australian coast watchers were a big help in spotting Japanese ship movements. Chiang Kai Sheks nationalist army was a big help fighting in China. And the Australians help with bases and some navy and soldiers. The Brits and the dutch too to a smaller extent.

But by far the VAST MAJORITY was the US Navy's 3rd and 7th fleets, Under men like Nimitz and Halsey. and our Army under MacArther, and especially Our Marines.

Ok now to Europe. Yes the other countries were fighting for about 2 years before the US OFFICIALLY entered the war with our troops. but our Navy was in a defacto state of war against Germany since late 1940 - early 1941. And our Government was aiding both Great Britain and the Soviets with food and war material since the begining despite our supposed neutrality.

England and the other countries did a great and admirable job fighting off and holding at bay the Germans before America got involved. but without our aid being sent by convoys to you... I doubt you would have made it. England was stretched to the point of collapse due to war shortages.

Once the US did engage with troops and direct fighting. Our military presence rapidly built up to a point surpassing all but China and Russia in sheer numbers of soldiers. China's were mostly untrained conscripts and Russia's were without equipment for the most part.

D-day... Over half the troops were USA, A little more than a 1/4 of the remaining troops were British/Canadian. and the somewhat less than 25% remaining were from a multitude of other smaller allied nations, not much more than a token force but it was all they had. I am not blaming them for lack of participation, they sent all they could.

By sheer fighting strength I would say it would go to both the Soviets and USA in the European theater. But when you weigh in the fact that the Soviets would not have done as well as they did had not they been supplied by America via Murmansk and Archangelesk, I would say that USA would weigh the most in the outcome.

Now when you take both theaters together and consider WW2 as a whole....
It is without a doubt that it is the USA that carried the most weight for winning WW2.

I know this isn't the answer you want to hear but when you examine the evidence it is clear.
You cannot ignore the truth just because you dont like it and have some personal hatred toward Americans.

I am not saying America could have won the war alone. We COULD NOT. We (All Allies) won it together. But you asked who carried the most weight. USA did. even if we got a late start. we still carried the most. Its not your fault and I am not saying you didn't carry the weight you could. In point of fact, I feel the British carried MORE than their fair share. you just dont have the resources in both manpower and materials. America did. and gladly shared them in your time of need.

SO STOP THE DAMNED ANTI-AMERICAN RHETORIC AND GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE.

You'll give yourself a nosebleed.

UPDATE:
Everyone take a look at Nadie the Asker and Nadie the Answerer. They both ask and answer on the same questions and answers in the same topics. Same person on two Id's answering her own questions..

Answer 3

Well, just because the US didn't officially intervene until two years after the start of WWII, doesn't mean they weren't heavily involved. The US supplied Britain with much needed supplies for resistance, and there was a small volunteer group of airmen flying for China before the official US intervention. I think they were called the Flying Tigers?

Japan came after the US at Pearl Harbor because they saw the threat the Pacific Fleet presented to their domination of the Pacific Ocean. Luckily for the US, their aircraft carriers were out on practice when the attack occurred, so they at least had some powerful presence left. The US literally had to rebuild the entire fleet, and try to repair/salvage what they could. That got us out of the depression, but also cost us billions of dollars to do. The US was the only country to fight on two fronts (excluding the Germans) so that would cost a lot of resources. The US retook all of the captured islands, and also played a major roll in fighting along with Britain.

Little known fact,the Japanese landed on the Aleutian Islands which means that they actually set foot on US soil. However, I think it was the Marines (big surprise) that pushed them back.

Enlighten me about the Germans going out of their hands to cause us to join.

Answer 4

My opinion is that the French Undergroound are the ones who deserve the most credit.

The truth is: Nazi Germany would have won if not for the combined effort of the French Underground, U. S., Britain, and Russia.

The Nazis f'd up in 4 different ways.

1: By attacking Russia. Russia was dealing with their own problems & willing to leave Europe alone.

2: Bombing London. London was of no strategic significance. The airfields were further north (if I remember correctly).

3: Attacking American "civilian merchant ships" (if you believe them). Most Americans of the time were isolationists. We wanted nothing to do with foriegn affairs. That's why it took so long before we got into it.

4: Underestimating the French Underground. The French underground was the glue that put everything together that made D-Day possible.

But without any 1 of those four countries, Europe would now be called Germany.

Answer 5

If You study facts the US supplied both England and Russia with a very large percentage of their needs throughout the war. Russia lost more men but the burden of supply fell on the US. If You are so against the US then believe what you want but Britain was ready to surrender, France was gone and Russia was no match for the Germans if a western front was not a concern for Germany.

Answer 6

Although all of the Allied powers were vital, I believe Russia made the largest impact on the war. They tied up the majority of the German forces throughout the war. Although movies romanticize the Western Front, the Eastern Front between Russia and Germany had the largest numbers of troops and casualties. Without the Russians, all of the German troops and tanks could be used against he United States in the West.

Answer 7

England would of lost the war eventually...and we were sending supplies to england 24/7...so the USA played a big part in winning ww2. When was germany most successful during the war? 1939-1940 on the western front, when America was not in it. Now the russians were also being supplied by the U.S.A. but the russians simply would not surrender...they were losing 10,000 men a day at stalingrad at one point..hard to beat a country who throw millions of men at you to fight. Dont try rewriting history with anti-American crap, America played the biggest part in winning, stop trying to cater to idiots.

Answer 8

Anti-American rhetoric of your question aside the facts are pretty clear

Great Britain and Russia bore the weight of the War in Europe but would not have won without the intervention of the United States

And the United States bore the weight of the War in the Pacific pretty much on its own. The Chinese resistance and Australia helped but it was our fight


Why are you so anti-US by the way?

Answer 9

Brittain, Russian and the US were instrumental in winning WWII. Brittain for holding out against Germany for so long. Russia - or, you might say, the Russian Winter - for grinding down Germany on the eastern front. And, the USA for defeating Japan in the Pacific.

Answer 10

Britain because if they hadn't won the Battle of Britain Hitler would have had a BIGGER chance of taking over the world.

Britain was not going to surrender because the Brit's were kicking Hitler's *** when the US entered so stop saying you saved Britain.Even the the US entered two years after,Britain was still saving them in battles and retook land that the US had lost.