Did the Russians lose during WWII?

Question

This has caused much debate between myself and another friend who is also into WWII History, but did the Russians properly win in the war? I keep saying that they couldn't have won WWII because they were fighting alone, weren't on a side, and were communists as well as Germany, Italy and Japan - but obviously they weren't going to join in when the battle of starlingrad occured. They were losing the war to begin with, but then started winning during that battle. Then the vicoty was made by us at berlin and ohama beach, but the russians on the other hand..... where were they? My friend says they came onto our side, but that would kinda be like double crossing wouldn't it not?

Answer 1

1. Germany, Japan, and Italy weren't communist, they were facist. Hitler especially hated the communists.

2. Russia being on the side of the Allies was an "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" situation. They would have been happy to sit out the war and pick up the pieces afterward. They even signed a non agression treaty with Germany. But Hitler thought (wrongfully) he could take Russia and its resources. After Germany's sneak attack, Russia joined the Allies.

Answer 2

Hello Moron,

It might come as a surprise but Germany, Japan and Italy were not Communist Powers,

Germany was Fascist as Italy (the inventors of Fascism) and Japan was Feudal under their living God the Emperor.

Before posting complete and utter Bull shine, do some basic research.

The US and the Allies had very little input into the Battle of Berlin, it was taken by the Russians, as was all of Eastern Prussia (this is not to detract from the Allies contribution just to put it into context for the moron who posted this half a s s ed question).

The Allies did include the Russians Google "The Yalta Conference".

And it was the battle of Stalingrad not Starlingrad. Where and entire German Army capitulated to the Russians.

Answer 3

The Russians emerged from WWII as the big winners.

They ended up in control much of Europe - including Poland, Rumania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, & East Germany, and as one of two superpowers in the post-war world.

Russia defeated Germany militarily - the main contribution of her allies was in supplying arms & equipment.

The trucks were the most important part of this - although quite a few tanks were sent they were vastly inferior to the Russians own designs.

The turning point of the war is generally considered to be the battle of Stalingrad, where the Russians held out against major German attacks for months, and finally encircled the German 6th army - capturing 250,000 - 300,000 German troops in February 1943.

By the time Americans, Brits & Canadians landed in Italy later in '43 the Russians were well on the way to winning, and by the time of the D-Day landings in June '44 they had the Germans well & truly on the run - Soviet armies were advancing pretty much as fast as their supplies could keep up.

You are, however, correct in suggesting that they "changed sides" - initially, Germany and Russia had a treaty, with secret clauses agreeing to spilt Poland between them. This hapenned in late 1939-early 1940, and an uneasy peace between the two lasted until the Germans attacked in July 1941. The Russians were planning an attack themselves, but it wouldn't have been ready until the following summer.

Answer 4

This is an example of history being skewed by those writing the books. In fact, roughly 70% of German troops were engaged on the Russian front (engaged in combat not marriage), and those on the western front tended to be less skilled and lower rated soldiers. The western allies did not invade Europe until 1944. The reason is that they were not able to fight on the same level as the Germans. Operation Market Garden, the invasion of Holland, was a disaster for the Brits and Americans. They were simply out-classed by the Germans.
Don't start raging at me; this is all common knowledge among military historians.

Answer 5

Russia was an Ally during the war, but only out of necessity. They lost the most soldiers by far. In that sense they lost. A whole generation for fighting men were lost in Russia. They could not have kept up the fighting much longer either. I worked in two army hospitals over 10 years and the WW2 retirees are my favorite. They sacrifice much more than we can ever know. A soldier coming into military service today has no idea of what sacrifice for country is all about. And I pray they never find out.

Answer 6

The Russians were Allies, we weren't the best of friends with them during the war but it was a mutual alliance, we needed the Russians to keep Hitler busy on the second front and we in turn provided supplies and opened another front with D-Day. After the war things went south rather quickly, starting with the Truman Doctrine and sparking the Cold War which carried on until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991

Answer 7

Did they win? You bet they did! The Russians beat the forces of Nazi Germany all the way through the Pomeranian Plain and beyond Berlin. And they were attacked by Nazi Germany over a year before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
And it was they who took Berlin. Not the other allies. Tell your friend to look for that famous newsreel footage of the stone swastika on top of the Reichstag Building being blown up. The conquering Soviets did that.
The memory of the victory in what the Russians call the Great Patriotic War is so ingrained in their memory that young brides in Moscow carry out a little ceremony to honor the dead of that war. There's a memorial to the dead of the Great Patriotic War in Moscow. It has an eternal flame and had that years before we built one for President Kennedy's burial space at Arlington. Everytime a young lady gets married in Moscow she is expected to take a taxi ride to that memorial and leave her wedding bouquet at the base of that memorial. Would that our young people recognized the sacrifice of our troops in such a meaningful way.

Answer 8

There was a pact between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin about how to end the Nazi occupation. In theory they were fighting alone but in essence they took the route into Berlin and literally cut off the Germans in places in Russia. Stalin didn't believe that the Germans were really there, once he discovered that they really were, he went into action. Germans were unprepared for the harsh Russian winter and froze todeath and starved to death. The Russians marched into Berlin and blew up the Nazi symbol.
Read a great book called "for those I loved" by Martin Grey.
He was jew caught in poland, and eventually joined the Russian Army.

Answer 9

England and Europe with stood because of Russia it was the Russian who reached the Berlin first. your historians may tell you a twisted history.Then the victory was made by us at Berlin an....lol. when Germany started it had peace treaty with Russia. Germany Fell to Russia. But Germany attacked Russia without caring about the Treaty

Answer 10

First look at a map of Europe, Russia is to the noth of Germany. That was one front. The US etc were coming from the South.
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/europe_map.htm

Check out this time line...
http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm

Russia was not attach by Germany until June 22, 1941

Could Russia have defeated Germany alone.. I dont this so.