The role of the Soviet Union in defeating Germany was greater than that of the Western Allies.

Nice arguments Fuhrer Stalin (thats right i went there!) I will now post mine. 1. The soviets only entered the war after 1941 The soviet forces had not seen Germany as a "threat" to themselves and even signed a "non-aggression pact" which means they did not want to be part of the war at all. Thereafter, Germany and the Soviet Union invaded their apportioned sections of Poland. The Soviet Union later invaded Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and part of Romania, along with an attempted invasion of Finland. Stalin and Hitler later traded proposals for a Soviet entry into the Axis Pact. The Soviets even had inclinations of joining Germany! In June 1941, Germany began and invasion of the Soviet Union, before which Stalin had ignored reports of a German invasion. Only after the Germans started to attack Russia did they act, meaning that they did miss all of the conflict pre 1941 which destroyed a lot of the Allied Forces. 2. The Allied powers (exclude Soviet Union) had less man power yet did more damage. The anti-German coalition at the start of the war (1 September 1939) consisted of France, Poland and the United Kingdom, soon to be joined by the British Commonwealth (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Newfoundland and South Africa.) These were generally all the allies before the Soviets. The Soviet Union had 9 to 14 million deaths in total but the allies (in total excluding the soviets) had 4.987 million deaths, while having 27 million soldiers deployed (excluding Soviets). The Soviets had 34 million soldiers deployed. Thus proving my point of the soviets having more man power (percent of Soviet soldier casualties, 51.85%, Percent of allied soldier casualties (excluding Soviets) 20.7%). Now for the proof that the allies did more damage. Britain (and it's commonwealth) had defended countries which Germany had intended to invade, for example North Africa, look up the Rats of Tobruk. Also before Stalingrad (a most bloody battle indeed) Britain had forced Germany to retreat from North Africa and retreat to more safe Axis territory. As many casualties (mainly Australian) had happened to Allied forces in that area they were unable to pursue and force the German front back further. However at Stalingrad, it was different. This was Soviet territory and had manpower to back up a full scale attack on the German front once the battle had been won, because of the extreme amount of manpower that the Soviets had. Onto France, the other side of the German front (as opposed to the Soviets). In 1940, France surrendered to Germany in the Battle of France, causing mass causalities and a chunk of their military to retreat into neighbouring countries. The French mainly retreated into North Africa and regrouped with the rest of the Allied troops, then able to create a force large enough to push forward into German lines. Now as this was happening, America and Britain were pushing forward towards Berlin at the same time as the Soviets. The Soviets (granted) did get to Berlin first but America also got there shortly after, assisting the Soviets and that ended with Hitler’s suicide. Since Germany’s forces were so widespread in the Second World War, this gave the Soviets more than ample enough opportunity to push forward through the German front as they had a lot more man power than the rest of the Allies. Also, not only did the rest of the Allies have Europe to deal with (again excluding the Soviets) they also had Japan and other fronts to contend with, spreading their thin man power even more, while still pushing towards Berlin. To sum up this point, Russia had a straight forward line to Berlin while the rest of the Allies had to defend other countries, had less force, defend themselves, yet still managed to get to Berlin. 3. Britain’s Superior Royal Air Force Lets all admit, Britain had the air force which dominated the sky. The Luftwaffe and the Royal Air force had many play off during WW2, mainly with Britain winning and destroying the German planes, even though severely outnumbered. Agreed the Luftwaffe was not as organized as the British air force, but the numbers outweighed the un organization. The Luftwaffe had 4727 aircrew and 4210 aircraft. Britain had around 920 aircraft but many airmen (cannot find exact number sorry :() but, night raids by the Luftwaffe cut down those numbers (again the numbers of exact cannot be found). After these air raids, the RAF attacked Germany on their front destroying much of their aircraft and some of their ground force. This means that the Soviets also did not have to deal with the German air force! References: http://en.wikipedia.org...;(military history of France) http://en.wikipedia.org...;(Soviet Union in WWII) http://en.wikipedia.org...;(Pearl Harbor) http://www.historyonthenet.com...;(statistics) http://en.wikipedia.org...;(British Empire) http://en.wikipedia.org...;(General Info on WWII) http://en.wikipedia.org...;(Luftwaffe) http://en.wikipedia.org...;(RAF) http://en.wikipedia.org...;(Rats of Tobruk) http://en.wikipedia.org...;(Battle Of France) Now it's your turn, don't think ill be Lenin you win :) (see what I did there?)