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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic
You make a mighty big presumption in that the war could never have been won by the Commonwealth and the Soviet Union. Simply because the USA showed up in the final two years of the European war doesn't mean that the USA "won it".
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Who ever made this assumption is wrong and needs to remember
1. The Permanent Joint Board on Defense (A Canada-US Board) was formed in 1940
2. The Lend-Lease policy, formally titled "An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States was enacted in March 1941
3. In April 1941 President Roosevelt extended the Pan-American Security Zone east almost as far as Iceland.
4. In August 1941 the USN begins to provide protection to Allied shipping as far as Iceland
5. In July 1941 USN TF 19 anchors off Reykjavík, Iceland and land a Brigade of Marines to secure the island from the British. The USN then deploys PBY Catalinas to patrol the area.
All these events prove that the US was active in the war in Europe prior to Jan 1942