"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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soar2newhighs

We tried to remain Neutral. Pear Harbor, the Declaration of war on America by Hitler changed that. We did get the attention of Japan with 2 nuclear strikes. That said, realize the race for development and use of nuclear weapons was not only something America achieved. Look that up in history. The Russians had the winter to their advantage, otherwise the German military might well have decimated them. The Russians also had issues with Japan but hesitated until we (The US) defeated them...then Russia moved in. BTW I'm not attacking you. Just stating some facts. And as per Russia, the US, and Great Britain, the world in 1945 after the war changed and did so dramatically, and in the case of the US, cost us dearly, aka The Korean War and Viet-Nam.

SW-User

@soar2newhighs Is this what I asked...?

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

@soar2newhighs it wasn't only the winter. Invading the USSR was a silly idea. The USSR wasn't just Russia, in fact the army that stormed Berlin was in a large part from the Armenian SSR.

basilfawlty89 · 36-40, M

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