[strandinthewind]

^^^

Western Europe was losing the war. Russia was holding its own on the Eastern Front, but showed no real interest in liberating France or saving England. In many ways it could not because something like 30 million people died on the Eastern Front and the Eastern Front involved more land combat than all other World War II theatres combined. Also, Russia was attacked by Hitler (Lebensraum in the East), the US was not.

In the end, the Russians and all the allies fought bravely and should be commended. By the same token, the US should also be commended for infusing the battle (which was being lost of the Western Front) with over ten million troops and powerful machinery. How is it a bad thing to acknowledge that?

Interestingly, the two countries with the most deaths were China - 3,800,000 military deaths and 16,200,000 civilian deaths, for a total of 20,000,000 . That is horrifying. Ditto for the U.S.S.R., with 10,700,000 military deaths, 11,400,000 civilian deaths, 1,000,000 Jewish Holocaust deaths , for a total of 23,100,000 dead. Those numbers sort of make todays "wars" seem irrelevant, which is equally as horrifying.

Also, I was noting the time line for the blitz was before the Americans came in.