Quote Originally Posted by The_Emperor
They deserve that much for losing so many more people.
Well, I think thats rather perverse logic. They lost so many people cos they got slaughtered by the German Army all through the summers of 41 and 42, and when the Germans weren't killing them, Stalin was. The Russians wasted men on a monumental scale, even after they had managed to sort themselves out.

However, that does not diminish the role the Russians played in winning the war, and the immense sacrifices they made, for their is no question they bled the German army white. However, I do think that in the last few years there has been a revionist swing, such that the Russian role is overplayed in many quarters and the US/UK/Others role is underplayed - especially as it has become very fashionable in some quarters to pour scorn upon America and its military