Now this is something in history that is entirely to overlooked in the West, in my opinion, and it's a shame. The (Former) Soviet Union contributed more manpower to the war effort in Europe than the ALL other allied nations....COMBINED. They bled and sacrificed more than the rest of the Allied Forces in Europe put together. The US gave them a lot of assistance in equipment through Lend-Lease but they definitely supplied the brawn in their part of the show. The war in Europe would NOT have been won without their contributions and The Russian people deserve far more recognition than they've gotten.