Comments by "Андрей Борцов" (@Mentol_) on "Why determining the Impact of Lend-Lease is so complicated" video.

  1. In late May 1945, US presidential adviser Harry Hopkins, in a conversation with Stalin, said: "... we never believed that our Lend-Lease assistance was the main factor in the Soviet victory over Hitler on the Eastern Front. It was achieved by the heroism and blood of the Russian army. " In the report of the US President to Congress on the implementation of the Lend-Lease program until March 31, 1945, it was pointed out that the Soviet armies were supplied mainly with Soviet weapons and materials.
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  2. 1). In late May 1945, US presidential adviser Harry Hopkins, in a conversation with Stalin, said: "... we never believed that our Lend-Lease assistance was the main factor in the Soviet victory over Hitler on the Eastern Front. It was achieved by the heroism and blood of the Russian army. " In the report of the US President to Congress on the implementation of the Lend-Lease program until March 31, 1945, it was pointed out that the Soviet armies were supplied mainly with Soviet weapons and materials. 2). Japan could not attack the USSR because it signed an agreement on neutrality with it in April 1941. This was the result of differences between Germany and Japan after the conclusion of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. Japan considered this to be a betrayal of the ideas of the anti-Comintern pact and the old government withdrew to the resignation. The new concluded an agreement with the USSR and sent its aggression to the south.
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  3. At the beginning of the war, Germany had 610,000 vehicles of all types (mobility), and the Red Army 272,000 (in 1942 - 318k, in 1943 - 404k, 1944 - 496k and only 1945 - 621k). The percentage of imported cars in the Red Army: 22.6.41 - 0% 1.1.42 - 0% 1.1.43 - 5.4% 1.1.44 - 19% 1,1,45 - 30,4% 1.5.45 - 32.8%
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  4. High-octane fuel only improves the performance of the aircraft, but is not mandatory. The USSR had its own synthesis from low grades of oil. Allies supplied 1,170,000 tons of high-octane fuel to the USSR, while the Soviet production of this species was 1,961,000 tons.
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