could russia have defeated germany in ww2 without the allies help?

Answer 1

They probably could have. I base this on the fact that the decisive battles in the East all happened before there was very much western involvement in the war against Germany. The Soviets were on their own when they stopped the Germans at Moscow. By the time of the victories at Stalingrad and Kursk they were starting to gain some benefits from lend-lease aid, but this aid was not the determining factor in the outcome of either battle. Lend-Lease aid, especially trucks, was of great help to the Red Army in the offensives after Kursk that drove the Germans back to Berlin, but by that point it was a matter of when, not if, Germany would be defeated. And by the time the second front opened up in June of 1944, the Germans had been in full retreat in the east for almost a year, and the German forces in France would have had little or no impact even if all of them had been sent east.

Answer 2

Without the help of the Allies, it may have been a draw at best. The Germans had almost 100 divisions performing occupation duties in territories it had conquered. Hence it could not bring to bear the full force of the Wermacht against the Russians. Further, and the more serious issue, Hitler could not stop meddling in the eastern front, just look at Stalingrad or Kursk - dumb battles that never should have been. Lastly, He was always sacking his best generals like Guderian, Runstedt, Model etc.

Answer 3

yes , with three times the population far more natural resources and the determination of fight for there homelands survival there is little doubt that the USSR would have won even without help. Russian production capability far exceeded Germany's allowing Russia to put more tanks , more artillery , and more heavily armed soldiers in the field than Germany could. Germany was doomed the minute it crossed into Russia.

Answer 4

The Red Army overwhelmed the Werhmact. The western allies accelerated the defeat of the Hitlerites, but the fate of the second world war rested on the outcome of Operation Barbarossa...

Answer 5

No. While the Red Army did become an effective fighting force and took the brunt of the German Army, it needed the the Western Allies help to win.

Montgomery's victory in Africa prevented Germany from having access to vital resources.

The bombing raids from England by British and American forces significantly impacted German armament production, destroyed moral, consumed vast air and anti-air resources trying to counter/contain the Allied Air Corps, and kept at least one million soldiers away from the Eastern Front.

The Western Fronts in Italy and later France divided German manpower and material.

Had Germany been able to concentrate its forces on the Eastern Front and had its industry operating at peak efficiency, they would have been able to fight the Red Army to a standstill somewhere in the Ukraine or eastern Poland.

Answer 6

no way; Britain, Canada and the USA anddddd Russia had their hands full bringing down Germany. Consider the fact that Canada, Britain, and USA made a western front, and Russia fought on a eastern fight. It was still a close war, as Germany had the capability of seding a large missle (V2 rockets) into Britain.. and they were close to developing the atom bomb (The Americans were only able to build one because of the kidnapped German scientists)...

Answer 7

The Soviet Union defeated Germany for two reasons:

1) Hitler's mismanagement of the war effort in light of climate conditions and other strategic considerations in Russia

2) Allied (primarily United States) assistance - in the form of supplies primarily

Would the USSR have won if you removed that second factor?

Hard to say. Hitler made some costly mistakes in his invasion of the USSR - the biggest one is that he went for total capitulation, when he could've settled for his gains up until Moscow and Stalingrad. Had he done that, the USSR would've had a very, very difficult time launching a counteroffensive to drive him out. More than likely, they would've had to sue for peace.

Answer 8

Yes, German mismanagement, overreach, interference from the Fuhrer, plus the Russian distances and winter, doomed the German plans. Recall 80 percent of German causalities were inflicted by Russians. If your asking if Russia could do it without American trucks and supplies, then that becomes more complicated and much longer war.

Answer 9

no, while battling two fronts, it proved too much for the germans . they would have ran through russia cause they could have placed a great majority of their fuel, supplies, arms, troops, armour, and lufftwaffa towards deafeating them before winter set in. russia had poorly trained and ill prepared troops who were actually forced to charge the germans, some with no guns, if they stopped they were shot by their own men who stood behind them with machine guns.

Answer 10

they could have but it would have been a long long war fought, and all of europe would probably have been turned into a commie shithole