the soviet union was BY FAR the strongest allied country in ww2

Okay Comrade, I hope you came to play ball because the yanks have just arrived. In world war 2 a lot of people say (especially Americans) say with confidence that the USA was the strongest allied country in ww2 From 1941 to 1945 - the USA single handedly outproduced all other countries in the world in total tonnage and armaments, including all axis countries in the world combined. According to post wartime production figures; the USA outproduced Germany by nearly three times in total armaments, and Japan by almost ten times (1). The USA was also the world's largest producer of oil on the eve of World War II, and was responsible for nearly two-thirds of the world's total oil production (2). At peak wartime production (1943-44) the US war economy was producing a new B-24 Liberator at the rate of 1 every 63 minutes, and could build a huge new Liberty class freighter in just 14 days (3). These statistics alone should prove that the USA was clearly the most powerful nation in the world during World War II. In fact, the USA was so tremendously powerful, that by 1944, it could plan, coordinate, and launch two simultaneous amphibious landing invasions on opposite sides of the world (DDay and Saipan), operations that required nearly a year of preparation and extensive training; thousands of troops, marines, sailors, ships, airplanes; and countless numbers of supplies and available food and oil resources. With the exception of the atomic bomb blasts then that rocked Hiroshima and Nagasaki (also done by USA), the Normandy invasion is considered by many historians as the greatest demonstration of power projection ever seen in world history (4). Period. I made this debate to challenge anyone who thinks other wise and see if it is even possible to beat me in this debate? By 1945 the USA had successfully tested and detonated three atomic bombs. The USSR would not have their first atomic bomb till 1949. This fact alone could end this debate.Not because i am good but just because the topic i am debating has such an obvious right answer- The Soviet union.What you have done (like so many Russophiles) is confused sacrifice for contribution. The USSR sacrificed the most number of lives in order to win World War II, its a given, but these sacrifices might not have meant anything had it not have been for Lend-Lease (US supplies to the Soviet Union) and the opening of a vital second front against Germany in France & Italy, which prevented the USSR from ultimately being overwhelmed and defeated by the Germans. I see no way some won can even claim that the USA is stronger except due to them being a patriot(not a valid reason).USA > USSR for:-Total Available Manpower, Capital, and War Materials -Better Weaponry & Technology (including Atomic Bombs)-Superior Wartime Economy & Factory Production Methods-Superior Navy and Air Force-Better Wartime Institutions and Overall Leadershipthe USSR defiantly contributed the most to winning because 9/10 Germans died on the Russian front and over 70% of the German war equipment was also destroyed there.And yet alls you can do is account for 1/3 of the war at maximum, seen how the Russian military was (by and large) absent in campaigns against Italy and Japan. Also curiously absent from anything meaningful was the Russian Navy in the crucial wars in the Pacific and the Atlantic. Stalin grad the most essential battle of the war also happened was won by the Russian,Because some idiot with a funny little mustache and a huge ego problem thought he would look more masculine to his generals and the eyes of the world if he stayed, fought, and died at indefensible positions (Thermopylae style) rather than fall back just for a little bit to regroup & rearm his forces. Point being, the German defeat at Stalingrad was more do to poor leadership desicions by the German Fuhrer than anything brilliant or particularly noteworthy by the Russian military. The battle of Berlin was won by the Russians and the Russians on there own beat:I actually recall something from the Yalta agreements where Churchill and Roosevelt agreed to let Stalin take Berlin. We can hardly attribute the capture of Berlin then to anything then that the other allies couldn't do - save wanting to waste huge number of lives in foolish human wave charges against the Nazi capital . the MOST planes, and even a strong navy.Please. The US produced twice the number of aircraft as the Soviets did (5), and AFAIK the Russian Navy (for how great and unimpressive it was) had ZERO aircraft carriers.Given all this I don't see how anybody can argue validly otherwise?Atomic bombs./Debate1)https://books.google.com...2)https://www.e-education.psu.edu...3)http://www.pbs.org...4)http://www.dday.org...5)http://en.wikipedia.org...