Wasn't it Stalin who had all his generals killed? Or am I getting my Dictators mixed up.

Lets be honest we all know it was the Russians who beat the German's. The Yanks played their role, sorted out Japan, dropped the A-bomb and did the normandy landings but the war was lost in the east. Britain helped. If Germany had invaded Britain as they'd planned with Operation Sealion in 1941 directly after the invasion of France they'd have won the war. Don't forget that. If we'd have surrendered, Russia would've been conquered and al of Europe would be under fascism. At the time remember the Americans weren't interested, the Russians had a "peace treaty" with Germany and we were on our own, with the Empire of course.

Of course Hitler, being someone who conquered more of Europe than Napoleon, was not an idiot strategically. He knew that to invade Britain when the Royal Navy outnumbered the German Navy by 4-1 would cost loads of lives. So he bargained on Britain surrendering. He fucked that up

But the Russians. Germany went for Russia whilst it still hadn't dealt with us, and the Russian Winter managed to halt their eastward advance, whilst all the time the UK was rebuilding its army and air force and taking out German cities. Once the Americans had joined the war they could use Britain as a base to bomb Germany, which they did. Germany couldn't sustain their eastward expansion, they couldn't get enough equipment to the front lines and they eventually succumbed. The Russians showed insane pride in deterring invasion, fighting 10 men per gun and hand to hand, thats what won the war.


Every nation did its bit, its not a competition lads