Why do some Americans still insist that they "saved Europe's asses" in World War 2 when the U.S.S.R. killed three times as many Germans as the whole of the Allied forces combined?

If the U.S., Britain and Canada had not sent the USSR enormous amounts of war material, they might not have been able to defeat the Germans.

The Lend-Lease program accounted for 20% of armored vehicles. Even more important were trucks and other vehicles. The 343,000 vehicles produced by the USSR was dwarfed by the 501,000 provided by the U.S. alone. Also, the U.S. trucks were more advanced than those produced by the USSR which were based on a 1930 prototype. There were 15,631 artillery guns provided by the Allies as well as almost 132,000 sub-machine guns. Aircraft provided numbered 17,821.

In addition to the war material, large quantities of food, clothing and manufactured items were provided as well.

At the same time, the U.S. was sending large quantities of war material, food, clothing, etc. to Britain.

During WWII, about 16 million personnel served in the U.S. armed forces.

Bell plant near Buffalo, NY. P-39s for USSR.

A large factor in winning WWII was the productive capacity of the U.S. So, yes, we did save their asses.

Stats from Lend-Lease tanks and aircrafts

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