04.08.2009, 19:56
struwwelpeter Wrote:caldrail Wrote:Germany would have defeated the Soviet Union if the US wasn't supplying them. Or mixing in towards the end.
I don't want to turn this into a debate but I'd like to point out that the USSR was more than capable of handling Germany on its own without US aid which was really a small percentage of the total USSR production. Plus, by the time any US aid got to USSR it was after the battle of Stalingrad when the tide had turned. The really only significant aid was in food but IF the US didn't supply food, then the USSR would have taken measures to make sure more food was grown in the unoccupied areas like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. By 1945 the industrial capability was unbelievably high.
I don't think people realize the enormous amounts of tanks and other equipment produced by the USSR alone. Even in 1942 production of tanks dwarfed Germanys.
For these reasons I believe the USSR was capable of giving the allies a tough time, for at least a while, IF there was ever a conflict between them.
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