Could the red army have won in the east without the allies?
There is a saying that the third Reich was defeated with Russian Blood and American Supplies. I would agree that the third Reich was finished with or with out D-day, you just have to look at the soviet Bagradation offensive. How effective the bombing of the third Reich is has been the center of much debate. The British analysts used inaccurate assumptions about the amount of slack in the German system. So much of the initial bombing had little effect. Also the bombing was incredibly inaccurate or had little effect. On the other hand it can be argued that the bombing absorbed much of the German Aircraft manufacturing capacity, pilots and fuel. Certainly if you look at the war time production figures these continued to grow up until near the very end of the war. ( Might they have grown faster?) There was no indication early on that the RAF would be a factor in the German planning, for example Guerian delivered his famous quote that people could call him Mr.. Brown if any Bombs fell on Be
