But the Anglo-Saxons in the defeat of Germany and its allies made a huge and purely military contribution: -picture only that the USSR would storm Italy, France, the North and West of Germany, Antwerp, would smash the corps of Romel in Africa ... How many Russian victims would there be in addition?
Here's something. By the way, from foreign equipment that came under lend-lease, absolutely everything that was not nailed was stolen: - repair kits, tools, personal weapons of the crews (Thompson's automatic machines), overalls, leggings, helmets, sunglasses and leather jackets (pilots), leather overalls tankers).
A rare photo of Soviet tankmen with M3A1 Stuart tanks, in American headsets, Thompson M1928A1 submachine gun and M1919A4 machine gun. American technology was left on Lend-Lease fully equipped - with equipment and even small arms for the crew. It came to this that "mass dekulakization" became known to the overseas ...
And then the workers and dockers of the USA and Canada showed sharpness: They began to hide in the guns their gifts to Soviet soldiers. Looters-loggers were afraid or did not know how to open breezes of guns.
Accepted the tank "Matilda" or "Sherman" Soviet tankmen flicking the breech of the guns often found in the gun barrel wrapped in fur gloves, a bottle of whiskey or gin. In total, the USSR was delivered on lendlizu in not less than 5,000 such tanks, multiply by four crew members-the numbers of embezzled equipment and personal weapons are very significant.
Workers install instruments in the tail end of B-17F from Douglas Aircraft