[CaptHawkeye]

Originally Posted by Happy Times

The Western allies did nothing when Hitler started to rise in power.
They did nothing when he annexed Austria and rolled in to Czechoslovakia.
and made deals with him.
They declared war only after he attacked Poland but didnt actually fight him, USA didnt even do this.
They didnt declare war on USSR when Stalin also attacked Poland.
They didnt declare war when Stalin occupied Baltic states and attacked Finland.
They allied themself with Stalin from -41, made deals and armed him, USA finally declared war to Germany after Hitler had done it first.
They let Germany and USSR beat each other to pulp in the East before joining the fight in Europe while millions of people died.
They liberated half of Europe from Nazi terror but left the other half under Bolsevik terror.

Dude, if you make a list of complaints about the allies during World War 2, trust me, i'll HELP you write it. My problem isn't this, it's the blatent Axis apologism here.

This all leads one to think that they didnt try to do what was morally right but what was in their nations interest at a given time.
From Central and Eastern European perspective too much moralisation from these countries that suffered considerably less from the war is annoying.
USA practically sit aside for almost three years, lended money, made tanks/planes, and dropped a nuke.

To say the US was insignifigant during the war is totally false. They contributed more than 70% of the allies overall industrial output and didn't even use their full strength during the war. Post 1945 they were producing more than 50% of the world's GDP. I've got no love for Joe Redneck chest pounding American nationalists either, but to act like America's contribution to the war effort was minimal is just lunacy. It was the deciding factor.