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Old 12-20-2006, 17:52 PM   #70 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Tronic View Post
Yes, a lot. I'm in no way denying the Chinese contribution, they did a lot! But to say that they did more, I don't sit good with that for two reasons. One, the Soviets had done the same thing, they conscripted and poured soldiers at the front, German army was tied down in the East heavily; does that automatically mean that the Soviets contributed FAR greater then the Western allies? No one shows that... India contributed the largest all-volunteer army to the war, yes China tied down a lot of axis resources but at the same time, it also tied down a lot of allied resources, a lot which were coming from India...
And there's a good reason why the Soviet Union, later on Russia, is on the SC with veto power. Allies would have eventually defeated Germany, with or without Soviet's help. It's just faster with the Soviets. Likewise, the US would have eventually defeated Japan with or without China's help. It's just faster with the Chinese.
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