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[LanternWaste]

69. Soviet Union's counter-offensive in the spring of 42 was dramatically successful

Soviet Union's counter-offensive in the spring of 42 was dramatically successful-- regardless of the Lend Lease which at that time, was sending less than 01.1% of all Russian military hardware also known as The First Protocol prior to being called the Lend Lease). Prior to that, the failed German Moscow offensive was countered not by Allied hardware (which was but a mere trickle at the time of the offensive), but by the reinforcements of the Soviet Far East armies.

Additionally, over 70% of the "tanks" you reference were Grants and Lee's, those being merely light tanks-- smaller than the M4 Sherman and the British-variant Firelfy (which the Russians referred to "steel coffins" due to the mismatch between them and the standard Pfwg III and soon to be IVs). In fact, over a third of all allied supplies took four forms-- boots, trucks, 40mmAA, and small caliber ammunition; while another third was dedicated to rail repair, locomotive engines and track.

Source: Utopia In Power by Mikhail Geller.


There's more than a grain of truth to Vlasov's truism that "the victory was paid for with American spam, and bought with Russian blood"

Allied lend-Lease certainly helped, but more than not, the valid, peer-reviewed sources state that without Allied lend lease aid, the Soviets would have emerged victorious-- it would have taken approximately 18 months later than what had in fact, happened.