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Russia was, by far and large, the most important of the allied nations in World War II. The five largest battles of the war were all on the eastern front, as were the vast majority of German troops and equipment, and also the most German casualties. While the casualties in battles of the western allies could be numbered in the thousands, such as at El Alamein, Normandy, the Italian campaigns, or the Battle of the Bulge for example, those on the eastern front were in the millions. The back of the German army was broken in Russia at Stalingrad, Moscow, and Kursk, and while Britain and the US contributed to the war, there contributions were only as a peripheral theater that diverted German troops from the more important eastern front.
In addition, to claim that allied victory was a result of the industrial potential of the US is again folly to some degree, in that most of this equipment did not reach the Russians until the tides of battle had already turned (with Stalingrad being fought over the winter of 1942-3)
While the Russians did not make a major contribution to defeating the Japanese, the Germans were the more powerful enemy.
This should not downplay the contributions the US, Britain, and other nations made, but it should put them in perspective. ~400,000 Americans died in World War II, as compared to 20,000,000 Russians.
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