I know we became allies with the Ruskies by default but they were just as bad as the Germans. I'd have much rather us made peace with the Germans and let nature take it's course on the eastern front....
Eastern Europe didn't exactly thrive post war.
Even if you believe in all the post war demonising of the Germans,they weren't nearly as bad as the Soviets.
The highly dubious claims about gas chambers,shrunken heads and electrocution floors don't come near to the Holodomor,and German soldiers who raped civilians and got caught were sent to punishment battalions or even executed,wh