Debate: Who was the hero of World War 2?
Side: U.S.S.R

"one of Americas biggest points in the war was its immanence of joining the war."I agree."You and i know that one reason Hitler attacked Russia so early was because of how Blatantly clear it was that America would join the war. "No, this actually isn't the reason at all, Hitler invaded the USSR in 1941, it was 1944 before a single US soldier ever saw a Nazi, what are you basing this opinion on?The fact is Hitler was desparate to invade the USSR, this is partly due to the fact that he despised the Slavic race, and wanted to purge them and colonise their land, and because he blamed the Bolsheviks (and the Jews) for the loss Germany incurred in WW1, it was also because communist ideology was antithetical to that of Facism (much more so than any other). Hitler even divulged his plans to invade the USSR in 1924 in Mein kampf. But the reasons he invaded when he did (i.e. 1941) are complex and only an accomplished and respected miilitary historian could elucidate them correctly without committing historical error. From what I have read, it seems obvious now that Hitler should have delayed invading the USSR and finished conquering Europe, this would have dissuaded the US from getting invovled, either militarily or economically, but Hitlers inability to defeat Britain, or at least agree to some kind of truce with them, effectively prevented this, it is likely that he knew he had to act, the Soviets were caught by surprise, and it is likely he knew that would be crucial in subduing them, it is also likely he knew if he waited another year or so they would anticipate his invasion and be better prepared to repel the German advance. Keep in mind also that the longer Hitler waited the more likely the Soviets would plan a pre-emtpive strike. The Soviet forces were much more effective in offense than defense.People also forget how close the Germans came to effectively disabling the USSR, they're always too quikc to judge based on the final result, they can never put themselves in the position of the Germans prior to the invasion, invading the USSR was a massive risk that didn't pay off, but it came very close to paying off, and if they had defeated the USSR they would have won the war."He expected to quickly defeat the Soviets and then be prepared to fight the Americans,"What do you mean by quickly, yes he expected barbaraossa to work, but that would have at least taken a year, and he wasn't even thinking about fighting the US, what you basing this on? Have you source, or did you come with this yourself?"This misconception caused the German army to spread to thin and really weaken itself."If by americans, you mean every country besides the USSR, then yes I agree. He also overestimated the force of the Italian military which greatly disappointed when called on to fight, it seems they were only good at conquering the impoverished people of ethiopia (or Abyssinia at the time). He also expected the Japanese to simultaneoulsy attack the USSR, the USSR had placed significant forces in the East in anticipation of this, but they never attacked, and these forces were used to further repel the Germans."Now i promise you that most Historians would agree with me on this."I can promise you that they would find your analysis severely lacking, with only a handful of points having any degree of truth or merit to them, you seem desparate to provide a US-centric analysis of WW2 despite the fact that, proportionally, they contributed little to the overall fignting that took place.