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

I will start by saying that you basically typed a lot for nothing. Some of your information does nothing to support your point. Anyway, I will rebut your arguments. REBUTTAL FOR ARGUMENT 1: "The soviets only entered the war after 1941." Germany invaded the USSR on June 22 1941 [1]. Before this happened the Soviets, together with Germany had invaded and occupied countries in eastern Europe. The fact that Russia only joined the war after it was attacked does nothing to support your side of the debate. The Western Allies did nothing until Germany attacked them. And Britain, France, and Poland allowed Germany to take over Czechoslovakia, Austria, and other territories. The Western Allies split Europe with Germany, just like the USSR did. And saying that the Soviets had a non-aggression pact with Germany would be the correct and expected thing to say since the Soviets did have a non-aggression pact with Germany from 1939-1941. Although you emphasize the fact that the USSR was at peace, you completely leave out the fact that Britain and France had a non-aggression pact with Germany from 1933-1939, for six years. The only difference is that Britain and France appeased Germany, they never signed a pact [2]. Also, the USSR was fighting Fascism long before the Western Allies. Britain and France refused to send aid to help stop the Fascist rebels in Spain, but had they done so, the Spanish government may have won. Evidentially, Soviet supplies were not enough to enable the Spanish government to win [3]. The fact that the Western Allies allowed Germany to break the Treaty of Versailles [4], build up the Wehrmacht [5] and Luftwaffe [6], and take territories without firing a single shot proves that your first argument simply doesn"t work. http://www.ushmm.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... REBUTTAL FOR ARGUMENT 2: "The Allied powers (exclude Soviet Union) had less man power yet did more damage." The Western Allies had fewer men. So what? They also killed less German soldiers and tanks. The Soviets suffered heavy losses (almost 7 million in 1941 alone). The Soviets were also fighting millions of men along the largest front in history. The Western Allies on the other hand were only fighting a fraction of what the USSR was facing. During the Battle of Stalingrad [1] alone, the axis lost more men than they did throughout the three years they spent fighting in Africa [2]. The fact that the USSR lost more soldiers and civilians than all other allied countries combined doesn"t really undermine the Soviet contribution. The fact remains that fighting the Soviet Union 80% of the German military was destroyed [3]. In addition to this, all of the Romanian, Finnish, and most of the Croatian soldiers died. You also state that the western allies had to fight in many different parts of the world including against Japan. The Soviets also had to fight in many places and the invasion of Manchuria by Soviet forces was Japan"s largest defeat. It was also a major reason for Japan"s surrender [4]. In addition to this, the Soviets were fighting Japan at the Battle of Lake Khasan [5], the Battle of Khalkhin Gol [6] in 1938 and 1939. However this debate is about the European theater and whether the Western Allies or the Soviet Union did more to defeat Germany. The Western Allies fought in many places, just like the Soviet Union did. And the Western Allied forces were not wide spread. In France during 1944/1945 for example, the western allies outnumbered German forces 15:1[7][8]. The Soviets fought on a front on the other hand stretches from northern Maine to southern Florida. http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.theatlantic.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... REBUTTAL FOR ARGUMENT 3: "Britain"s Superior Royal Air Force" Britain did have Air superiority by 1941 over Germany. However this is not an argument. CONCLUSION: You only had one argument about the Soviets entering WWII late in 1941. You don't have three arguments. You mostly pointed out some basic history facts. Anyway, good luck in round 3.