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With regard to the Russians...
The fact of the matter was that the Russians conquored Germany, and ultimatly Berlin itself. The Americans, British, and Canadians managed to barely enter Germany before it was over.
Stalin had been screaming for years for a second front, but only got one when he had things well in hand and the allies feared that Stalin would eventually take over the entire damn continent.
With all due respect to those who fought D day, and i mean that most sincerely, the Battle of Kursk made D Day look like a tea party. Stalingrad was even more fun.
The Russian winter definitely hampered the Germans, but to say that it somehow defeated the Germans is an insult. The Russians fought longer and harder than any other country. They suffered over 20 million killed in battle. When the couldn't hold a position, they destroyed it and moved back. At Stalingrad, the combat was the fiercest of the entire war. If Russian soldiers retreated, they were shot by Russians behind them. There was no surrender.
You can't help but admire that.
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I don't admire that idiocy. The only reason Stalin was able to break through on the Eastern Front was because he painfully and foolishly wore out the Germans. At the same point Hitler had to regroup and focus on the Western Front after D-Day. Losing 12 million soldiers is nothing to be proud off. In short Stalin choked the nazi's with his dead. The foolish Russians were so under equipped they would march 6 deep in a line, the front man was the only one with a weapon, once he died the next guy in line picked up the gun.