The Soviet Union vs The British Empire

I think the US were instrumental in ending WWI as Germany was doing rather well against the Allies before American involvement.

The US were not important in WWI and indeed the arrival of their troops slowed the Allied advance and thus victory due to their lack of familiarity with trench warfare. The US entry into the Alliance provided a morale boost and precious little else at a time when the war was already approaching its conclusion.

Perhaps not singlehandedly... but the USSR did about 80% of teh work in defeating Germany. The Allies didn't do that much between 1941-44, in reality and had the D-day landings not taken place, Germany would still have lost, it would simply have taken longer.

The argument that germany would still have lost only it would have taken longer could be spun around to favour any faction. As has been previously shown in the thread such 'what if?' conjecture is impossible to debate satisfactorily and the only mutually agreeable conclusion possible imo is simply that none of the three great allied powers of USA,BE,USSR could single handedly have defeated the Axis within a remotely similiar timeframe to that which historically occurred. To ponder what might have can never be based upon anything other than (albeit educated and enjoyable) conjecture.

But the fact is that by the time Britain and the US invaded France, Germany had been retreating on the Eastern Front for more than a year.

Britain invading = Defeat
Russia invading = Stalemate

Britain has the logistics to get an expeditionary force but the Russians would probably just arrest them. Likewise, Russia can't move any of its rusting, shoddy Soviet-era equipment. It's laughable to even suggest that they could land on the south coast when their navy is currently rusting.

Plus, they'd be so drunk off Vodka, by the time they'd get to England, they'd just pass out.

Russians are not lightweights like the English. Do not underestimate the amount of vodka we can drink without passing out.

And you don't underestimate the amount of vodka you drink. You might not be heavy weights, but you drink enough to kill an elephant.

Well the military only get one measure of vodka per day. They simply cannot acquire more for reasons of its relatively high cost. Therefore they would sober and through withdrawal symptoms (all alcoholics naturally) very very mean. Us British will stand no chance against us Russians. oooh paradox.

Are you a ruskie?

yes, I'd rather I weren't, then I could go to Russia without the fear of consription. Ah the irony.

Could whoever gave me the rep please explain what they meant by: "irony "? I'm just interested to know what that means exactly??

Haha.. for what post?

The last one I made, about conscription. I just think it is ironic that as a Russian citizen I cannot travel to Russia where as my single nationality British friends can.

The Russian military is horrible at the moment. Right now the soldiers are treated so badly and the training they are given is so dismal that even the tiny British army could probably defeat them.