http://www.historynet.com/did-russia-really-go-it-alone-how-lend-lease-helped-the-soviets-defeat-the-germans.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:31:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.historynet.com/did-russia-really-go-it-alone-how-lend-lease-helped-the-soviets-defeat-the-germans.htm/comment-page-1#comment-119145 paul penrod Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:47:25 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13681080#comment-119145 Even if the USSR hadn't received a single tank or plane from the west they still wouldn't been able to wage a successful offensive war without US/UK assistance. Soviet soldiers were fed (they liked our SPAM) and clothed, were equipped with western radio and telephone equipment, medical supplies, railroad cars and locos (built for the Russian gauge) and especially hordes of trucks to sustain their later offensives. This allowed the Soviets to concentrate their production on tanks, guns and planes. Even if the USSR hadn’t received a single tank or plane from the west they still wouldn’t been able to wage a successful offensive war without US/UK assistance. Soviet soldiers were fed (they liked our SPAM) and clothed, were equipped with western radio and telephone equipment, medical supplies, railroad cars and locos (built for the Russian gauge) and especially hordes of trucks to sustain their later offensives. This allowed the Soviets to concentrate their production on tanks, guns and planes.

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