[citation][nom]gmcboot[/nom]Lets see, people who were there and experienced war, or people like you who let their personal biases color historical fact. Yes the Russians lost more soldiers in the war, but Americans were better prepared with better equipment and better tactics. As for your suggestion that Normandy was a cake walk and had no significance, again, it would be good if you talk to a veteran who lived through it. You seem to also forget the other enemy in WWII, Japan, I guess Russia beat them too. Who had more men and women on that front of the war? Lastly you also forget who helped get Europe and Japan back on their feet after the war. I can see you for who you are, and what you are. It makes you feel very smart and elitist to think you know something the rest of us don't know. Go and smoke your clove cigarettes with you emo buddies and make up your false histories to make you feel better about having no stake in any game past present or future.[/citation]
Better equipped? The Sherman tank was widely mocked, being inferior only to the Japanese junk. It's only advantage was the ease of mass-producing it.
The Pacific was an American war won by Americans, that's true (although Japanese forces were weakened and stretched thin by more than a decade of guerilla warfare in China).
Talking to someone who was there? Why? To hear an account based on personal and thus by definition biased personal experience? And you should talk to a veteran of the Eastern front if you want to hear real horror stories.
True, the Marshall aid helped Europe back on its feet (and didn't cost America that much, most of it were long term loans). But yes, that really helped.