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bouzane on 30 May 2012
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rocketpig said:
bouzane said:
2. This may be true but it doesn't change the fact that the Axis was crushed almost entirely by the Soviets with comparatively little being accomplished by the British.

I find it a little difficult to swallow that the Soviets singled-handedly crushed the entirety of the Axis powers when they fought neither Italy nor Japan in force. Italy was almost a laughing stock, for sure... Japan, not so much.

Britain didn't contribute anything meaningful to the Front with Japan either so what's your point? Although it is worth mentioning that the Soviet invasion of Manchuria saw the Soviets killing or capturing over 700,000 Japanese troops. Also, Romania, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia and Spain all contributed to the Eastern Front. The Italians lost almost all of the 100,000 troops that they provided for the Siege of Stalingrad alone. If you factor in Manchuria the Soviets inflicted over 10.6 million casualties upon the Axis, again, more than all other Allies combined.