Who won ww2.

[Mars_ax]

We had a wild debate at work on who played a bigger part in winning ww2. I want to hear what you guys think before I add my two cents.

In terms of overall sacrifice and human manpower Russia gets the nod, that's not to say that the U.S./Canada and Britain didn't make huge contributions, especially in regards to logistics and or resources. Keep in mind too, as far as "winning" WWII, unlike Russia, the U.S./Canada and Britain et al, had Japan to deal with as well as Germany.

You guys dealt with Japan better than we (Australia) did, they would have consumed us eventually if it wasn't for Americas involvement.

@Andre,
I was a U.S. Air Force brat who was born in Japan in 1948. The Japanese were fanatical soldiers, I grew up hearing about and studying them. The turning point in the war with Japan was at Midway and the destruction of much of the Japanese Navy. Were it not for the A-bomb however, which forced Japan to surrender, the war could have dragged on for years.

Thank-you for showing your appreciation and gratitude for American involvement, it's nice to hear every now and then. I had the personal fortune to have grown up around and/or known many of those WWII Vets, who fought in the Pacific or all the way from Normandy to the Battle of the Bulge, and into Germany. Including my father, and I don't think there was ever a finer group of men and role models on the face of the Earth.