Nikita Khrushchev, who led the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, agreed with Stalin’s assessment. In his memoirs, Khrushchev described how Stalin stressed the value of Lend-Lease aid: “He stated bluntly that if the United States had not helped us, we would not have won the war.”
Helped I can agree with.
Interesting about Khrushchev. When they murdered JFK, Khrushchev was removed from office a year later.
The hard liner deep state in both countries moved on leaders they perceived as too soft within a year. And we wind up with Brezhnev and LBJ.