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While I will agree that the Soviets did most of the fighting, as 80% of the German military was deployed on the Eastern front, I have my doubts that they would have been able to win singlehandedly. If not for the Americans, and to a lesser extent the Commonwealth, German industry would have been relatively unscathed. There would be no war in the desert, thus securing Mideast oil for the Nazis, and, perhaps their greatest general, Erwin Rommel, would have been on the Russian front. The Atlantic Wall would not have been created, thus freeing up resources to build more defensive lines in the east. The Red Army would be hard pressed to feed all of it's men without the food that America sent them. Their industry would also not have been as focused on creating tanks, but would have to produce support vehicles as well if not for the Lend Lease Act.
So, yes, the Russians sacrificed the most in World War 2. 20 million dead is nothing to scoff at. However, all of the allied nations played a vital role in the destruction of Hitler and the Nazi party. To think otherwise is foolhardy arrogance.
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