“We had the German military on our side in vast numbers and they wanted the Soviets out of Germany.”
Pretty depraved to kill a single American to ensure the territorial integrity of Germany from the Soviets after what the Germans did in the east.
Not worth a single GI’s life.
Pearl Harbor and 9/11 bought about 4 years each of public approval for military action.
Didn't have that for Korea or Vietnam...or a declaration of war on the Soviets in the 40's.
It’s irrelevant if we think the Soviets started the war and they may have if things moved a certain way. We wouldn’t have a choice but to fight. Soviet soldiers had a hard life in the military but they couldn’t surrender to the Germans. They could surrender to us.
Air power alone would have crushed the Soviets in a few weeks as they were not used to dealing with Supply Interdiction.