Would great britain have won world war 2 if not for the u.s and ussr?

Question

i have an arguement with my cousin that the uk would have lost ww2 were it not for the americans and soviets entering the war on the british side. he says the british saved the americans ***. who do you think is right

Answer 1

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98% of all responses are driven by egos and modern feelings. The major problem comes to one word that nobody ever thinks about.

 

"REALATIVITY"

 

Why was the Soviet Army even able to have a strong advancing army coming from the east? They were fighting a ONE front war. Why did did they have a one front war? They were NON-troubled with Japanese conflict, weather it be an invasion from Japan or Japanses strategic strongholds on the Pacific. Why was there no concern over the Japanese(The German Ally) in the 1941-45 time period? They were HAULTED and defending themselves against the advancing United States Military. 

 

Regardless of what the Soviet Union had accomplished thus far was irrelevant and could have been stopped dead in their tracks once faced with the new problem of dealing with the empire of Japan. Instead of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese could have waged an invasion against Russia in support of its German ally. The Soviet Union is then reduced to spreading it's resources.

Another large consideration is this: The Atomic Weapon. Guess who was #2 and #3 in the development of the Atomic Bomb?? 2. Germany(6 months-1yr) 3. Japan(3 years).  Many who say that the United States involvement merely helped speed up an Allied victory need to consider this. Had the Americans not sped up the Allied victory by advancing the German West, the Germans would have gained time needed to develope it's Atomic weapon, thus not defeating the Soviet Union, but ANNIHILATING the Soviet Union. Again they were only 6 months away.  Britian, Australia and Canada would have been UNable to sustain the Noramndy Invansion by themselves (with the US having took half the beaches) and the UK most certainly would not have been able to advance on Germany. They had enough trouble just defending themselves. Without the advancement of the US army coming from his West, hitler  could have added 30 more divisions to his Eastern front,  giving him the 6  months needed to hold off Russia.