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This shouldn't be downvoted because it's spot on. Russia and the US were allies of convenience right up to the moment the tide turned. After that it was a ra
by auntienomen 7y ago
This shouldn't be downvoted because it's spot on. Russia and the US were allies of convenience right up to the moment the tide turned. After that it was a race to be first in Berlin. They were competing militarily before the Germans had surrendered.
- refurb 7y agoThis is very true. A lot of the materiel support for the USSR was to stay on good terms while the USSR continued to throw soldiers into the meat grinder of the Eastern Front. For the UK and US, it was much cheaper sending tanks and jeeps and letting the USSR sacrifice the lives.