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How big a role did Russia play in WWII?

Posted on 5/9/20 at 2:28 pm
Posted by crescentcity
Member since Feb 2015
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Posted on 5/9/20 at 2:28 pm
How big a role did Russia play in WWII?

I’ll tell you how much. A lot. They played a big role

Honestly, I would rather form a strong alliance with Russia, and leave France, Italy, Germany, UK, you know the week sisters behind.

Posted by AU86
Member since Aug 2009
22442 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 2:31 pm to
Nah. Stalin and the Bolsheviks were just as bad or worse than the Nazis.

BTW: I believe that 80% of the German casualties were inflicted by the red army.
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
22790 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 2:33 pm to
quote:

How big a role did Russia play in WWII?

I’ll tell you how much. A lot. They played a big role

Honestly, I would rather form a strong alliance with Russia, and leave France, Italy, Germany, UK, you know the week sisters behind.


Currently Germany, France, Italy and UK royalty are all DS/cabal... Russia bailed on the ds few years ago.

So count me in.
Posted by MikeBRLA
Baton Rouge
Member since Jun 2005
16484 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 2:34 pm to
quote:

How big a role did Russia play in WWII?


25 million dead compared to 670 thousand for the USA.
Posted by Zach
Gizmonic Institute
Member since May 2005
112629 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 2:34 pm to
My favorite piece of obscure Russian WWII history is their tanks. The philosophy was numbers, not quality.
They produced 1,000 really fast. None of them were expected to last more than one battle. That's OK. Just leave your tank when it stops and we'll get you a new one.

Doesn't give you much confidence in Russian built cars.
Posted by Indefatigable
Member since Jan 2019
26656 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 2:35 pm to
quote:

How big a role did Russia play in WWII?


Enormous.

However, Russia has zero reason to seek an alliance with the United States, and the same is true for us. We have almost no common geo-political interests.
This post was edited on 5/9/20 at 2:36 pm
Posted by Fat Bastard
coach, investor, gambler
Member since Mar 2009
73235 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 2:38 pm to
germans had them on the run and would have beaten them had the germans not had to worry about north africa or western front and were able to put all resources on estern front although the cold weather messed them up bad by itself. we shoulda let them destroy stalin then take out he nazis. big mistake. because then look who ended up with eastern europe. FDR fricked up many times in his handling of russia. shoulda listened to churchhill on many things.
Posted by Shiftyplus1
Regret nothing that made you smile
Member since Oct 2005
13379 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 2:38 pm to
Russia played a large role because Stalin killed off all of his military leaders then used his large population base as a meat-wall he gradually pushed west. The USSR was an evil, vile nation that would have been helpless if not for the ridiculous amount of aid the US gave them through lend-lease. 90% of all fuel used by the allies was supplied by us, and more than 2/3 of every vehicle that Russia had was from America. Everyone gives them credit for defeating the Nazis based off of how many died on the eastern front. But those same people then discount the enormous impact that came from the US' manufacturing and logistical abilities. Also, America fought two wars during WW2. We almost single-handedly defeated Japan. Can you imagine how quickly the European theater would have been dealt with had we had the Marines and full Navy at our disposal there?
This post was edited on 5/9/20 at 2:39 pm
Posted by Parmen
Member since Apr 2016
18317 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 2:58 pm to
quote:

How big a role did Russia play in WWII?

I’ll tell you how much. A lot. They played a big role

Honestly, I would rather form a strong alliance with Russia, and leave France, Italy, Germany, UK, you know the week sisters behind.


Funny, because I think we should've used the German troops after they surrendered to attack the Soviets.
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
19744 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 3:02 pm to
The Nazis threw around 160 divisions at the USSR.

I wonder if we should have let them fight it out without our help. The Nazis would have gone deeper and would have had to hold down a vast and unfriendly place with badly extended supply lines.





Posted by BoomNation
wetumpka. alabama
Member since Feb 2015
2099 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 3:04 pm to
if hitler hadn't effed up and attacked a Russian allied country. Russia would've probably stuck with the axis
Posted by scionofadrunk
Williamson County, TN
Member since Mar 2020
1961 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 3:04 pm to
We may not have been able to win the war without the deaths of 27 million Russians- more of them civilian than soldier

80% of Russian males born in 1923 died between June 22, 1941 and May 8, 1945

Posted by Wolfhound45
Hanging with Chicken in Lurkistan
Member since Nov 2009
120000 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 3:04 pm to
Huge.
Posted by 4Ghost
Member since Sep 2016
8521 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 3:13 pm to
Bigly. Comrade Stalin pushed the Normandy Invasion to take pressure off the Eastern front, in turn the Reds could start their march to Berlin.
Posted by NewGrad1212
Russia
Member since May 2012
433 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 3:19 pm to
A big role. From what I see living here, almost every family has a member that fought, suffered, or who's life was lost because of the war. And they do a lot to pay their respects to those heros.

quote:

Honestly, I would rather form a strong alliance with Russia, and leave France, Italy, Germany, UK, you know the week sisters behind.


The governments are so different it is difficult to agree with this statement. Fighting along side Russia to win a war is one thing, bbut being an ally and supporting their dictatorship is another.
Posted by Texas Weazel
Louisiana is a shithole
Member since Oct 2016
8549 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 3:20 pm to
Why is this in the politics board?
Posted by NC_Tigah
Carolinas
Member since Sep 2003
124203 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 3:29 pm to
quote:

Honestly, I would rather form a strong alliance with Russia, and leave France, Italy, Germany, UK, you know the week sisters behind.
France played a big role . . .


Posted by Tridentds
Sugar Land
Member since Aug 2011
20504 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 3:35 pm to
Well... if Germany had kept the peace with Russia instead of breaking it then they probably rule Europe today.
Posted by sicboy
Because Awesome
Member since Nov 2010
77649 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 3:45 pm to
Did you forget Russia had a brief alliance with Germany at the beginning of the war?
Posted by Eli Goldfinger
Member since Sep 2016
32785 posts
Posted on 5/9/20 at 3:46 pm to
Russia made it hard enough for Germany that everyone else was able to clean it up.
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