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And 10/10 of the Polish officers and civilians killed at Katyn were at the hands of the Soviets too. There's no point in defending a regime that did horrific things, just because they happened to kill a lot of people who also did horrific things.
There's also no point in arguing that "one nation won the war" against anyone in World War 2, the war would've been significantly worse and more brutal had almost any of the allied nations not participated.
Without the US lend lease and factories, the Soviets wouldn't have had a chance, and it would've been a much much more brutal battle even if they succeeded. Not to mention the massive amount of work the U.S. put into fighting Japan in the Pacific almost alone.
Without the Soviets the other allies would have had no continental power to distract the Germans, and North Africa would likely have fallen along with the UK.
Without the UK, the Axis would've had a much much easier time navigating waterways and trading with the world, not always having the possibility of being harassed from one of the UK's colonial ports or airports. Not to mention the constant threat of invasion from the sea and the opening of a second front that the UK provided.
There's others I won't even mention because it would take too long like the invaluable support of India and China without which Japan would've dominated Asia, and the people of Africa and South America who also contributed.
There's literally no way a non-propagandizing historian could put the victory solely on any of the Allied nations, each and every one was completely indispensable
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