СССР ПОБЕДИЛ Гитлера… НА АМЕРИКАНСКИХ ГРУЗОВИКАХ?! НЕУДОБНАЯ ПРАВДА о Второй мировой!

ATTENTION: This script is prepared for educational and informational purposes only. All statements presented as facts are based on verified historical sources, academic research, and archival data available at the time of writing. Where historians disagree, this is clearly indicated in the text. Counterfactual statements—speculations about what might have happened under different circumstances—are clearly marked as estimates, not established facts. The authors do not pursue political agendas or express support for any government position on this topic. The purpose of this material is an objective historical analysis based on available sources. Viewers are encouraged to consult primary sources and form their own opinions. LIST OF REFERENCES AND SOURCES: Official documents and archives: 1. Lend-Lease Act (H.R. 1776), "An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States," signed by President Franklin Roosevelt on March 11, 1941. Source: U.S. House of Representatives, History, Art & Archives. history.house.gov 2. Records of the Foreign Economic Administration (RG 169), USSR Branch Files, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. Source: text-message.blogs.archives.gov 3. U.S. Department of Defense (War Department, 1952). Value of Lend-Lease Military Shipments, 1941–1949. Source: Statista / U.S. Department of Defense 4. FDR Presidential Library & Museum. "The Lend-Lease Program, 1941–1945." Source: fdrlibrary.org 5. U.S. National Archives. Milestone Documents: Lend-Lease Act (1941). Source: archives.gov Academic Studies and Monographs: 6. Overy, Richard J. Why the Allies Won. W. W. Norton & Company, 1995 (reprinted 1997). — A fundamental study of the reasons for the Allied victory in World War II. An analysis of the role of economic mobilization, Lend-Lease, and military art. 7. Glantz, David M. When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler. University Press of Kansas, 1995 (co-edited with Jonathan House). — A detailed military-historical analysis of Red Army operations on the Eastern Front based on Soviet operational documents. 8. Harrison, Mark. Soviet Planning in Peace and War, 1938–1945. Cambridge University Press, 1985. — An economic analysis of Soviet military production and the role of external supplies in the USSR's war economy. 9. Harrison, Mark. The Economics of World War II: Six Great Powers in International Comparison. Cambridge University Press, 1998. — A comparative analysis of the war economies of the six largest powers of World War II. 10. Voznesensky, Nikolai. The Military Economy of the USSR during the Patriotic War. Gospolitizdat, Moscow, 1948. — An official Soviet analysis of the war economy. The source of the "4%" figure. The calculation methodology has been criticized in the post-Soviet period. 11. Meltyukhov, Mikhail. Works on the History of World War II and Soviet Military Strategy. — A Russian historian whose assessments of the role of Lend-Lease differ from his Western counterparts in their emphasis on the independence of Soviet strategic victories. 12. Karpov, Vladimir. Marshal Zhukov. His Comrades and Adversaries in War and Peace. Moscow, 1999. Pp. 608–610. — Source of Zhukov's quotes on Lend-Lease, based on Soviet archival documents. Museums, encyclopedias, and educational resources: 13. The National WWII Museum, New Orleans. "Lend-Lease to the Eastern Front." Source: nationalww2museum.org — Analysis of Lend-Lease supplies to the USSR, broken down by category. One of the most authoritative public sources on the topic. 14. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Encyclopedia. "Lend-Lease" and "Lend-Lease Act." Source: encyclopedia.ushmm.org 15. Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Lend-Lease." Source: britannica.com 16. Wikipedia. "Lend-Lease" (English version). Source: en.wikipedia.org — Aggregated source with links to primary documents from the US and USSR. Periodicals and specialized publications: 17. Budnitsky, Oleg. "Russian historian: Importance of Lend-Lease cannot be overestimated." Russia Beyond, May 8, 2015. — Interview with the director of the International Center for the History and Sociology of World War II at the Higher School of Economics. Source: rbth.com 18. "How Lend-Lease helped the Red Army win in World War II." Russia Beyond, 2022. Source: rbth.com 19. "A Toast to Lend-Lease." Warspot.ru, December 2017. — A detailed analysis of Stalin's quotes about Lend-Lease and their distortions in Soviet translations. Source: warspot.ru 20. "Zhukov on Lend-Lease." warhistory.livejournal.com. — Publication and analysis of Zhukov's statements on the role of allied supplies. 21. "Without Lend-Lease, We Would Have Lost: Truth or Myth." NEWS.ru, January 2026. Source: news.ru 22. "A Taste of the Second Front. Did the USSR Win the War Thanks to Lend-Lease?" Arguments and Facts. Source: aif.ru