"If it wasn't for us you'd all be speaking German!"

This is a serious question cause I've gotten this or similar responses quite a few times and I am really confused.
What kind of history are people in the US taught? Are you seriously taught that it was America that ended WWII? Because what we learn in Europe (or at least in many European countries) is that the US were the last ones to join and the war would never be over if it wasn't for Russia (and the Russian winter).
Do not try to attack me! It is an actual question and I need serious answers, it's like people on the two sides of the ocean are getting two completely different versions of the story.

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deadgerbil · 26-30, M

This video provides a solid explation regarding the importance of US involvement in WW2.

[media=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-60bP1hnpaI]

There's always going to be a bias in history, with the victor authoring it. As the US emerged out of the conflict intact compared to the other warring powers, becoming the world's sole superpower, we kinda got to write the narrative.

Germany lost a majority of its troops, etc on the Eastern front. That being said, if WW2 were just Germany and the USSR going at it without other countries in the mix, the USSR would've fallen.

SW-User

@deadgerbil

As the US emerged out of the conflict intact compared to the other warring powers, becoming the world's sole superpower, we kinda got to write the narrative.

How do you explain that no one else is taught this "narrative"?

Don't get me wrong, everything you said makes sense.

deadgerbil · 26-30, M

@SW-User if I am to hazard a guess, it's due to the proximity that other countries had to the conflict. They were fighting in their backyards, so it seems appropriate for them to hold their sacrifice in a higher regard than the US's, a country that joined at the last 'minute', as they may say.

SW-User

@deadgerbil I see. Makes sense. Thank you!