The USSR played a more important role in defeating Germany than the western allies.

I will go in order and explain why the roles of these three countries you listed were not more important than that of the Soviet Union. British Empire: The role of the British Empire in defeating Germany was rather minor. Throughout the war Britain only mobilized 28 divisions. The Soviet Union fielded 3-4 hundred and Germany had ~250. Without the British Empire diverting small portions of German forces and many Italian divisions in Africa, the outcome of the war might have been different. On the other hand only several hundred thousand German and Italian troops lost their lives fighting in Northern Africa. If the axis had taken over north Africa, they would have gained nothing since Africa was just desert. It was the oil fields in the Middle-East which were under British control that would have been important. Britain's role in defeating Germany was 5-6%. United States: The United States had a major impact in defeating Germany. However the US only began to land troops in Africa in 1942 by which time Germany was already going to be driven out of the continent. American supplies were probably more important than American soldiers in defeating Germany. As a matter of fact, I believe that Britain and the USSR could have won the war in Europe without any American troops. Nevertheless America's contribution was very important and without the supplies, Britain would probably have been defeated and the USSR would have struggled more with defeating Germany, maybe the Soviets would have lost the war altogether. However the role of the United States in defeating defeating Germany was minor compared to that of the Soviet Union. France: France had absolutely no effect on the outcome of the war. While Germany was advancing into Poland, France sat back behind that Maginot Line and watched the ally who they had promised to protect become conquered by Germany. Germany only suffered some 160,000 casualties during the Battle for France. After Germany had defeated France, they set up the Vichy Government in the South (Germany controlled the entire Atlantic coast and English Channel). This new government sent Jews to German Concentration Camps and even sent troops to fight in Africa, as a matter of fact some of the first fighting that American soldiers going off to fight Germany experienced was against the French. French volunteers even fought on the Eastern Front. Despite all of this, the people of France and most of the soldiers who were forced to side with Germany never gave their full cooperation. In Africa for example, most French soldiers did not even want to fight the Americans; thousands gave up without a fight. I agree Britain and the US both played major roles in defeating Germany but France had little impact on the outcome of the war. I will now post my arguments: 1. 8 out of 10 of all German soldiers who died during WWII died on the eastern front. The German invasion of the Soviet Union was the largest invasion in history with over 4 million men and the battles on the eastern front were some of the largest and bloodiest in history. 2. Most of the Romanian, Slovakian, Finnish, Croatian, and Hungarian soldiers died on the eastern front. Italy also lost thousands of men in the east. These countries were all allied to Germany and provided a third of its manpower for the invasion of the Soviet Union.