Originally Posted by CDSmith

Saying "they allowed them" doesn't really tell the whole story, granted, but if you think at some point the Allies didn't sit down and discuss Berlin strategy and such things as "should we beat the Russians to it or let them have it?", you're sadly misinformed.

Another interesting fact is that Stalin sacrificed tens of the thousands of his Russian troops in order to do just that, rush to take Berlin first. As in at all costs.

It's not as if they did something the Allies couldn't. Berlin would have been taken eventually either way.



Pointing out someone else's "dumb statement" and then following it up with one of your own -- not smart. See my earlier post re: Lend-lease. The US not only sent millions of tons of war materials over to Russia during WWII but also mobilized an incredible amount of equipment and armaments in Europe themselves. Pattons tankers weren't riding horses dude. The US sent via lend-lease to Russia to the tune of just over 11 billion dollars worth of war supplies (a couple of hundred billion by today's standards). Canada sent nearly half as much as well, a detail a lot of war buffs skip over.

I'm not trying to diminish Russia's role in the war, just saying that they had help. A lot of it.

Lest we forget.