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There's a truism about WW2; "The war was won with British intelligence, American steel and Russian blood." It's attributed to Stalin himself.
I became aware of this truism from some British subject explaining how us Americans didn't really do much and we shouldn't be saying we won the war.
They refer to WW1 in this light too.
Well, WW1 would probably have ended differently after the collapse of Russia and without the injection of American troops to the Western Front. Even if the Germans eventually lost, the surrender terms would likely have been a lot less provocative. Might even have prevented WW2 from happening at all.
But the "American steel" part misses something very important.
American FOOD.
If we'd sat it out completely, England would have starved. Literally.
I don't believe that the US won the war in Europe single-handedly. But I do think that the US was instrumental in achieving that victory.
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