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If you read a little further in the article you cited, you'd see: Among other goods, Lend-Lease supplied: 58% of the USSR's high octane aviation fuel

by JackFr 7y ago

If you read a little further in the article you cited, you'd see: Among other goods, Lend-Lease supplied: 58% of the USSR's high octane aviation fuel 33% of their motor vehicles 53% of USSR domestic production of expended ordnance (artillery shells, mines, assorted explosives) 30% of fighters and bombers 93% of railway equipment (locomotives, freight cars, wide gauge rails, etc.) 50–80% of rolled steel, cable, lead, and aluminium 43% of garage facilities (building materials & blueprints) 12% of tanks and SPGs 50% of TNT (1942–1944) and 33% of ammunition powder (in 1944)[55] 16% of all explosives (from 1941–1945, the USSR produced 505,000 tons of explosives and received 105,000 tons of Lend-Lease imports) And that is to say nothing of foodstuff. So had the the British and Americans turned on the Soviets, they would have faced Zhukov and 6.5 million soldiers, but with limited supplies fuel and bullets.

redis_mlc 7y ago
Don't confuse facts with a logical argument. Stalin didn't care if they all died charging with empty magazines.
c-smile 7y ago
Just for the note: Here is the scan of original Stalin's letter to Soviet ambassador in Britain: https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/15022510/15022510_original.jpg https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/15022510... about situation when Britain decided to left to itself 156 American Aerocobras that was shipped to USSR as one of Lend-Lease shipments. This was before Stalingrad - at the time when Germany advance was perceived as unstoppable. Yet to note that GB received 3 times more stuff on Lend-Lease than USSR.
- Bendingo 7y ago
  My translation (as a beginner in Russian language) of Stalin's letter is: "In negotiations with Eden on the issue of Aerocobras you acted cowardly. This is not worthy of the Soviet ambassador. The British behaviour on the question of the Aerocobras, I consider the height of arrogance. The British had no right to redirect our cargo to their account without prior consent. The reference of the British to the fact that forwarding occurred by order of America is a jesuitism(?). Not hard to understand that America acted here at the request of the British. Don't let the British think that we will tolerate the insults inflicted on us not the first time by the English rulers. Soviet government requires that 154 Aerocobras captured by the British be immediately returned to the Soviet Union. We urge you to bring this British piracy to the attention of layers of British society. I regret departure of Beaverbrook: while Beaverbrook was in charge of British supply, England faithfully fulfilled its obligations, after Beaverbrook departed England became treacherous."

by JackFr 7y ago

redis_mlc 7y ago

Don't confuse facts with a logical argument. Stalin didn't care if they all died charging with empty magazines.

c-smile 7y ago

Just for the note: Here is the scan of original Stalin's letter to Soviet ambassador in Britain: https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/15022510/15022510_original.jpg https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/yuripasholok/765139/15022510... about situation when Britain decided to left to itself 156 American Aerocobras that was shipped to USSR as one of Lend-Lease shipments. This was before Stalingrad - at the time when Germany advance was perceived as unstoppable. Yet to note that GB received 3 times more stuff on Lend-Lease than USSR.

Bendingo 7y ago
My translation (as a beginner in Russian language) of Stalin's letter is: "In negotiations with Eden on the issue of Aerocobras you acted cowardly. This is not worthy of the Soviet ambassador. The British behaviour on the question of the Aerocobras, I consider the height of arrogance. The British had no right to redirect our cargo to their account without prior consent. The reference of the British to the fact that forwarding occurred by order of America is a jesuitism(?). Not hard to understand that America acted here at the request of the British. Don't let the British think that we will tolerate the insults inflicted on us not the first time by the English rulers. Soviet government requires that 154 Aerocobras captured by the British be immediately returned to the Soviet Union. We urge you to bring this British piracy to the attention of layers of British society. I regret departure of Beaverbrook: while Beaverbrook was in charge of British supply, England faithfully fulfilled its obligations, after Beaverbrook departed England became treacherous."