What sources support that (besides Time Man Of The Year 1938)

  • LeninsRage [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    That's simply not true. The US began providing Lend-Lease aid to the USSR in 1941 before entering the war.

    • wombat [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I mean before the Nazis invaded the USSR. Public opinion was very anti-Soviet before then.

      • Vncredleader
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        2 years ago

        Anti-Soviet, but still more anti-Nazi. Worth remembering that in the UK the populace was far and away supportive of close ties to the Soviets even after the Pact was signed. There was a downturn for the Winter War but then an uptick again. France however did go off the deep end.

      • Dolores [love/loves]
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        edit-2
        2 years ago

        if the soviets didn't want or appreciate the help they would not have accepted it.

        theres a very long way from 'the soviets would not have been defeated without lend-lease' to 'lend lease was meaningless' and that distance is measured in tens of thousands of soviet lives