The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs tries to downplay the significance of D-Day

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cardinal_scavenger on June 6th, 2019 at 16:16 UTC »

There's a saying something like "American money, British intelligence and Soviet blood." I'm no expert but it sounds wicked smahrt so I'll take it

Edit: if you're interested in the quote it's "British Intelligence, American Steel, and Soviet Blood."

Colonial_Power on June 6th, 2019 at 19:44 UTC »

Jesus christ this pisses me off

As a person who loves ww2 history, there can be no doubt that russia was essential in the allied victory, however america and britain were also equally essential as they not only provided supplies to russia they also starved the german warmachine by

A. Shutting off their supply routes with the british navy

B. Destroying factories and fortifications with the brit and usa airforce

C. This is the big one. THEY OPENED UP AN EXTRA 2 FRONTS FOR THE GERMANS TO FIGHT ON

People who downplay different nations involvement in this war piss me off to no end

Edit: i am refering too the the european theater and in regards to the 2 fronts im talking about both the France front, and the Italy front

And im not downplaying anyones roles in this at all as all if the big three were equally essential in defeating the nazis in my opinion

And i am talking about the european theater as there was three fronts in europe , france, italy and eastern europe

socialistbob on June 6th, 2019 at 19:51 UTC »

An important quote to keep in mind as people debate this subject.

For those who feel deeply about contemporary politics, certain topics have become so infected by considerations of prestige that a genuinely rational approach to them is almost impossible. Out of the hundreds of examples that one might choose, take this question: Which of the three great allies, the U.S.S.R., Britain and the USA, has contributed most to the defeat of Germany? In theory, it should be possible to give a reasoned and perhaps even a conclusive answer to this question. In practice, however, the necessary calculations cannot be made, because anyone likely to bother his head about such a question would inevitably see it in terms of competitive prestige. He would therefore start by deciding in favour of Russia, Britain or America as the case might be, and only after this would begin searching for arguments that seemed to support his case. And there are whole strings of kindred questions to which you can only get an honest answer from someone who is indifferent to the whole subject involved, and whose opinion on it is probably worthless in any case.

George Orwell