(September 12, 2020 at 6:10 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(September 12, 2020 at 4:09 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Fuck me!
I long understood that The US, out of all the allies really did do the least of the heavy lifting. I am not disparaging the likes of the D Day soldiers, but the truth is, that even Russia did most of the work in Europe. We did fight oppression and fascism, for sure. But for America to claim we were the leaders in WW2 was/is a stretch. We rightfully reacted, especially after Pearl Harbor, but the truth is, we still had a shitload of ally help.
Not surprised.
We supplied huge amounts of war materials to all the Allies. Mexico flew P-47s and P-51s in Europe. Lend-Lease shipped 500,000,000 buttons and eight sets of salt-and-pepper shakers. Monty kicked Africa Korps butt with American tanks. EVERYBODY drove jeeps. Britain ran on American oil and Spam. All five invasion beaches in Normandy were serviced by American landing craft.
It's kool to disparage the US in WWII, but lots of folks would be speaking German right now if we hadn't been in it.
I imagine most of Europe would be talking Russian.
But I agree, and Boru also stated elsewhere, that we likely would not have won without US supplies.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
