US did more than UK and USSR to defeat Nazi Germany
The United States receives the most credit for defeating Adolf Hitler's Germany during World War Two, according to a YouGov poll
As the world celebrates the 70th anniversary of Allied victory in Europe, millions in the UK will honour the role played by British forces in the defeating Nazi Germany.
According to a new poll, however, most other countries look to the United States as the country that did the most to vanquish Adolf Hitler.
A YouGov survey asked respondents from the US, Britain, and several European countries who they thought was most essential to defeating Germany in the Second World War and the US was the top choice in all but the UK and Norway.
In the US, France and Germany, Britain came third behind America and the Soviet Union. Some of the German respondents included a write-in choice: "Germany itself".
While the USSR trailed significantly in many of the countries sampled, the Soviets suffered the greatest losses of any of the Allies.
An estimated 24 million Soviet combatants and civilians died in the war, compared to 450,000 Brits and 420,000 Americans.
Both Britain and the USSR fought longer than the US, which did not declare war on Germany until December, 1941, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Britain and France declared war on Germany in September of 1939, following the invasion of Poland, while the USSR began four years of fierce combat with the Nazis following Hitler's invasion of the country in June, 1941.
While there were no Russians sampled by YouGov, a 2009 study found that nearly two-thirds of Russians said that the Soviet Union could have defeated Nazi Germany on its own, and nine-in-ten believed the USSR played the decisive role in the war. More Russians polled said that Britain's role in the war was "insignificant", as opposed to "very large".
The countries were led during the war by three of the 20th century's most iconic leaders: Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin
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The United States receives the most credit for defeating Adolf Hitler's Germany during World War Two, according to a YouGov poll
As the world celebrates the 70th anniversary of Allied victory in Europe, millions in the UK will honour the role played by British forces in the defeating Nazi Germany.
According to a new poll, however, most other countries look to the United States as the country that did the most to vanquish Adolf Hitler.
A YouGov survey asked respondents from the US, Britain, and several European countries who they thought was most essential to defeating Germany in the Second World War and the US was the top choice in all but the UK and Norway.
In the US, France and Germany, Britain came third behind America and the Soviet Union. Some of the German respondents included a write-in choice: "Germany itself".
While the USSR trailed significantly in many of the countries sampled, the Soviets suffered the greatest losses of any of the Allies.
An estimated 24 million Soviet combatants and civilians died in the war, compared to 450,000 Brits and 420,000 Americans.
Both Britain and the USSR fought longer than the US, which did not declare war on Germany until December, 1941, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Britain and France declared war on Germany in September of 1939, following the invasion of Poland, while the USSR began four years of fierce combat with the Nazis following Hitler's invasion of the country in June, 1941.
While there were no Russians sampled by YouGov, a 2009 study found that nearly two-thirds of Russians said that the Soviet Union could have defeated Nazi Germany on its own, and nine-in-ten believed the USSR played the decisive role in the war. More Russians polled said that Britain's role in the war was "insignificant", as opposed to "very large".
The countries were led during the war by three of the 20th century's most iconic leaders: Winston Churchill, Franklin D Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin
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