• Moss [they/them]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Didn’t Stalin say that the American lend lease was a major factor in the war with the Nazis? Like death to America, of course, but saying the USSR would have won without the Americans seems unlikely, at the very least it would have cost a hell of a lot more lives

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      1 year ago

      If the Americans hadn’t supported the Nazis before the war overtly, and secretly during it, the Soviets might’ve not needed the land lease at all.

      I mean, we of course will never know. But I do believe the US’ participation at WW2 was at best neutral. The more shit is uncovered from the deep mud of covert operations etc. the more it seems it was more negative than neutral. But still I wouldn’t confidently say it was negative overall indeed.