And they ' ll find a way to blame liberals for everything that goes wrong under a GOP majority in all branches , I guarantee it . <| sep |> Haha I don ' t think it ' s tempting to suspect that , I think that it ' s accepted fact . The cold war started pretty much immediately after WWII . I think it was Patton who wanted to keep going and invade Russia . Their critical contribution to WWII was certainly minimized during the Cold War . Bottom line IMO , if the Soviet Union hadn ' t kept up the Eastern front , Germany would ' ve overwhelmed Britain . At the same time , had Germany forced Britain surrender , the SU would ' ve been in trouble . But seeing as Germany was inflicting greater disruption , destruction , and casualties on the SU than Britain , I ' d say their contributions were more critical to Germany ' s ultimate defeat .