What the Allies Gave and Why They Were Important

Each member of the big three, the United States, Russia, and Britain contributed important resources that make a victory in Word War II possible.  Although each contribution was different, all were necessary to stop the German power in Europe from expanding.  The Soviet Union pumped millions of soldiers to push the Germans back on the western front in their attempt to take Russia.  They also lost millions of citizens to the cruelty of German soldiers as they stormed Russia in operation Barbarossa.  With an estimated death toll of 29,000,000 people total, the Russians can be said to have given the blood necessary to win the war.  The Americans also contributed a large amount to the war effort, but in money instead of soldiers.  While they remained neutral at the start of World War II, the United States still used things like the Lend-Lease Act to give billions of dollars in food, weapons, and other supplies to their allies in the west.  Even after they entered the war America still provided the technology and donations that gave the allies an upper hand in the later stages of World War II.  Without new tanks supplied by factories in America, victory would have been more challenging.  The most important contribution given by Great Britain was keeping the war alive before its allies began to fight.  When Great Britain first entered the war after the invasion of Poland its allies were no where near ready to come to their aid.  The United State's neutrality and Russia's Anti-Aggression Pact with Hitler left Britain to face the Germans with little support.  And despite their circumstances Great Britain was able to hold off an invasion of their homeland and win the Battle of Britain all before the allies intervened.  Without this big military loss for Hitler, the Germans may have succeeded in conquering all of Europe preventing the other allies from stopping them and making success unreachable.