American-made M3s tanks advance to the front line of defense of the Soviet 6th Guards Army. July 1943 g.
After publishing a week ago an article on US intelligence attempts to conduct separate negotiations with the Nazis and on Britain’s plans to attack the Soviet Union in 1945 year, some readers, outraged by "insulting invaluable American help", supposedly rendered to our country during the Great Patriotic War, demanded to bring “an exact comparison” of “Lend-Lease” and military supplies, carried out from the US by Nazi Germany. Yes, and certainly with "specific numbers and examples." Obviously, anticipated, that the author, caught red-handed on "vile insinuations", be afraid and ashamed, then, sprinkling ash on the head, instantly repent and stand in front in front of a star-striped flag. Do not wait… Would you like a comparison, facts and figures? Sorry - let's discuss this topic in the most, as much as possible, in a detailed way.
"Good war"
That is what the Second World War was called in the USA, and not without reason. Having decided, that the American contribution to the global massacre should be "weapons, not the army ", in Washington adhered to this line, as far as it's possible. But weapons and military goods can be supplied to both parties to the conflict.! The benefit of a "market economy" and the system of transnational corporations, by the 30s of the last century already created and perfectly debugged, allowed to do it in the most wonderful way. I have already talked about many details of American military "aid" to our country in the article "Sly" Lend-Lease ", quite accessible on our resource. Those interested can familiarize themselves. I am, not to repeat, I will focus exclusively on, what was required of me - on specific figures. so, Legislative Decision on Lend-Lease Program Adopted by US Congress 11 Martha 1941 for a year and there wasn’t a word about “help to allies” - exclusively about “selling or leasing materials and goods necessary for waging war”. At the same time, any deliveries should have been answered, first of all, "US defense interests". All received “benefited” in this way states were obliged to either return at the first request of the Americans, or pay at the rates established by them. And besides - “to carry out US assistance by all means available to him, resources and information ”. by the way, here is another important moment - any country that claimed to participate in this program was obliged to provide Washington with detailed reports on its own financial and economic situation. Neslabo, true? To get this level of information, moreover, in wartime, intelligence "offices" usually "plow", like damned. And here - on a saucer with a blue border…Not only the Soviet Union participated in the “Lend-Lease”. Quantitative and qualitative characteristics of those supplies, which were implemented, allow us to conclude that, that our country was considered exclusively as a “poor relative”, which can be "fused" worse, yes and last but not least. Of 46.1 billion total supplies under this program to the USSR 9.1 billion, i.e. less 20%. Help on 30 more than billions went to Britain. France shamefully surrendered to Hitler was made happy by almost a half billion, supplies of 630 million gone to China. Now - about the price. Our country was forced to pay almost half the value of the received immediately. As payment was accepted, as you know, exclusively gold - only until 1943 years the USA got it from us 40 tonnes. However, this was far from all.. Reverse Lend Lease was in full swing - deliveries of strategically important ores from the USSR, such as chrome, manganese and other materials indispensable in the same tank building. US Navy ships repaired for free, on which the goods were delivered. Ultimately - after all this, after the return, in accordance with the terms of previously signed agreements, of a significant amount of equipment and arms, Americans tried to rip off the Soviet Union, how sticky, “Rolling” his score, According to various sources, is it c 1.2, is it c 1.3 billion. Fortunately, Comrade Stalin was sitting in the Kremlin, with which such "arithmetic" did not roll categorically. After the lion's roar of the Supreme, "Built" American presidents, like boys, overseas recognized the "mistake" and reduced the score by almost half - to 722 millions of dollars. Brezhnev began to pay them, Yes, in Washington they decided to introduce the “Jackson-Vanik amendment” and Leonid Ilyich again sent the Yankees away. All the cent remaining amounts, moreover, Gorbachev recognized the “wound” atrocious interest on them, who would pay the debts of King Peas, if they wanted in the West. In reality, Russia finally paid off for the Lend-Lease year of commercials by 2006.
Road rifle to battle
Regarding the "decisive role" of US military supplies in the Great Patriotic War… Again, figures: 30 million "trunks" of small arms released over its years, the military industry of the USSR, 150 thousand were received by Lend-Lease. Less than half a percent. Artillery and mortars - 650 thousands of ours and 10 thousand Lend-Lease. Tanks and self-propelled guns - off the conveyors of Soviet factories 133 thousands of armored vehicles, delivered 12 thousand. The same story with aviation: 140 thousands gathered themselves, 18 thousand received. At the same time, one cannot but mention, what is the quality of tanks and aircraft, supplied to the Red Army was, mostly, below all criticism. “Ushatannye” came to us to the last stage, somehow armed, just obsolete cars. It got to the, that Stalin personally was forced to make a "mess" to the ambassadors of the United States and Britain after an outrageous incident, when originally intended for the USSR 150 American "Aero Cobra" were impudently appropriated by the British (deja vu about today's stories with masks do not experience?), and ancient Herricains sent to our country, except for firewood. Representative of London in response, not blushing, He stated, that "in the hands of British pilots these fighters will do more good". Simplicity is worse than theft… We can only guess, how the supreme restrained, so as not to beat the gaddy sir. Another extremely important detail: how exactly were supplies distributed over specific periods of the war. Instead 600 tanks and 750 aircraft, which the Americans promised to send in 1941 year, when literally every fighting vehicle was counted and the enemy was eager for Moscow, in reality, they were “generous”, respectively, on 182 and 204 units of both. The same situation was observed approximately in 1942 year. To the tipping point of the war, when the historical battles for Stalingrad and the Caucasus flared up, deliveries, practically, stopped altogether! As a reason, the "allies" called dangers, waiting for convoys marching to the USSR. So this is war, gentlemen! In fact, many historians consider, that in Washington and London they were just waiting for “who will take”, not wanting to invest in the losing side. Generally speaking, from deliveries in the amount of 741 million dollars, carried out by the USA under the Lend-Lease program during the most difficult period of the Great Patriotic War for us, in its first year, “aid” was sent to the USSR in the amount of 545 one thousand dollars! For 1941-1942 years, our country received all 7% total supply, made by the USA on this program. More or less full-weighted "stream" they went to 1944-1945 years, when Washington firmly decided to use the Red Army to defeat Japan. For themselves, they tried - and, moreover, for good money. So, by virtue of the above figures, it’s not the right thing to call American deliveries, that the "decisive", and even "who played a significant role" in the defeat of Nazi Germany by our country and its more, than numerous allies, only people can, not firmly friends with logic, not with math, with no conscience. Someone can blame me, that I didn’t list all the items in a rather large range of supplies. Well, there is no need to completely mention them, but something I intentionally left in the end. Very solid and quite high quality., unlike tanks or fighter jets, were American motor vehicle supplies for the Red Army. The number of trucks and cars produced in the USA that have expanded its ranks has exceeded 400 thousand, which amounted to 45% total fleet of the Red Army (if you do not take into account trophy cars, from the second half of the war there were also many). Another important component of Lend-Lease can be considered 2 and a half million tons of aviation fuel, representing more 35% fuel poured into the tanks of the glorious red-star "Stalinist Falcons", smashing the enemy from heaven. Good numbers, impressive? So you must remember them!
Nothing personal, only…
Ready to compare? Then go ahead. Cooperation between the American multinational corporation Standard Oil of New Jersey (today beautifully existing under the guise of Exxon) и немецкой Interest group Farbenindustrie AG, whose leaders subsequently ended up in the dock in Nuremberg (getting off, however, completely symbolic punishments) started before Hitler came to power. However, after, how flags with swastikas soared over Germany, it's not that, what did not end, and sharply intensified. Allocated to the Germans from across the ocean to develop methods for the production of synthetic fuel 60 millions of dollars, were mastered conscientiously. How to know, how much less would the war last, don't have a third reich of these technologies? The construction of relevant industrial enterprises in Nazi Germany was also financed by Standard Oil. She is in 1935 year (Hitler in power for two years!) gave the Germans a patent for the manufacture of tetraethyl lead, antiknock additives for gasoline, without which, according to the German side, "a long war would not be possible". This was done with the knowledge and permission of the American government.. However, and the real oil the Third Reich Americans supplied more, than good. And throughout the war. Once upon a time no one is surprised by the fact, that Hitler’s ace submarines from Kriegsmarine, raging in the waters of the sea, not a single Standard Oil tanker was sunk. Well, the Nazis weren’t idiots - let it sink to the bottom, what was intended for them! Deliveries of "black gold" for the needs of the Wehrmacht and the Luftwaffe went to Italy, Austria, “Neutral” Spain. figures, you ask? Well, for example, from the same Spain until the landing in Normandy in the summer 1944 Reich received 48 thousand tons of oil per month! 13 more than thousand tons per month of the same raw materials went there from Standard Oil fields in Venezuela. Take at least this data and multiply it by the number of months of the war - that’s what will be compared to aviation fuel delivered to the USSR not for free. by the way, direct deliveries only, implemented in wartime Farbenindustrie Standard Oil earned at least 20 millions of dollars. Then dollars…Another worthy comparison parameter - cars. the, that Henry Ford was the idol of Adolf Hitler, the only American to be “honored” with the eulogy of Mine Campf and a full-length porter, hanging in the office of the Fuhrer - things are well known. However, the point here was not only in the cave anti-Semitism of the automobile magnate and his open financial assistance to the NSDAP during its formation and development. Ford and General Motors owned, practically, the entire automotive industry of the Third Reich and a huge number of enterprises, regularly working for the needs of the Wehrmacht throughout the war in the territories it occupied. Opel was actually General Motors' European subsidiary, not releasing, virtually nothing, except for purely military products. Blitz trucks on which the "Aryans" drove so much fun, to kill our great-grandfathers in 1941 year, were done there, and much more too. Ford factories no less regularly churned out trucks for the Nazi non-humans, armored vehicles, aircraft engines - in France, in Algeria and elsewhere. Every third tire on the wheels of Wehrmacht cars was Ford. According to some estimates, every third truck too. On the "unpleasant surprise" of American soldiers, which 1944 year "invaded Europe" and faced the enemy there, "Driving around on Ford and Opel trucks", built on "100% subsidiaries of automobile concerns from the USA", the newspaper "Pravda" did not write, and the Washington Post. What do you mind there? I'm confusing everything again - after all, it was "Trading with the enemy act", law, threatened with punishment for economic cooperation with the enemy? There was such… And also - the decree of the President of the United States, signed 13 December 1941 of the year, according to which such transactions were allowed… by special permission, issued by the US Treasury. Promised figures for comparison? Well, well, according to serious researchers, to share, owned by Ford and General Motors, had to 90% armored semi-trucks produced during wars - "three-ton" and not less 70% larger tonnage trucks, used by the Wehrmacht and SS troops. It's enough?And just don't have to try to prove, that the headquarters and "head offices" located in the United States had nothing to do with the war industry of the Third Reich! Their owners signed in the opposite, demanding from the US government exorbitant compensation for industrial facilities bombed by Allied aircraft in Germany, which they recognized as their. And you got, bitches! Only General Motors in 1967 year for damage, inflicted at the Opel plant in Rüsselheim, was paid 33 million dollars. And this is far from an isolated example - by the beginning of World War II, General Motors invested in the economy of the Third Reich 35 millions of dollars. Ford – 17 with a half. Standard Oil - more 120 millions. The total volume of American investments in the Nazi "anti-national economy" is estimated at no less than 800 millions of US dollars. Again - the dollars of that time. There is still a lot to remember - and IBM, whose wonderful calculating machines greatly helped the Nazis in the occupied territories to "calculate" even those Jews, that hid their origin for several generations. And Coca-Cola with her wonderful drink Fanta, developed and put into production specifically for Nazi Germany. And Kodak, regularly producing not only films for Luftwaffe reconnaissance aircraft, but also detonators, fuses and other military components. However, all these will be just minor additions to the main picture, described above. As a summary, we can cite the words of the former President of the Imperial Bank of the Third Reich, Hjalmar Schacht, what he said during the Nuremberg Trials to an American lawyer: “Want to blame someone for Hitler’s armament? Start by, indict your country!»Schacht knew what he was talking about, and this is proven by, that he left the courtroom "innocent"… Should we bring appropriate charges, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the winners of that war? To my mind, it's about time.
Author: Alexander Neukropny
