Well, I'm pretty sure Russia and England woulda been f*cked if we hadn't gotten them supplies, told them how to fight, and been the ones to storm berlin and push Hitler to suicide. I also think that the number of death camps we freed says a little bit about how much ass we kick. And WW1, that was a different story. We kicked MORE ass. Basically, Europe was in a war, england was losing, so we came over and ended it within a year.
Where should I start?
Firstly, it was the Russians who took Berlin and drove Hitler to suicide.
Secondly, there's a big difference between tipping the scales in a finely balanced war and winning it single handedly. Would WWII have been lost if it weren't for the Americans? Possibly. But it also would have been lost if the British hadn't fought. Or if the Russians hadn't fought. Or if the French hadn't fought. Or if the Canadians hadn't fought. Or if the Greeks hadn't fought. Or if the Italians hadn't fought so badly that Hitler had to delay his invasion of Russia just to save their arses. Italy is a f*cking liability; perhaps we should be more grateful to them?
Thirdly, WWI was a complete stalemate when the US entered; the British weren't losing at all. In fact, if anything, the British may well have been the ones to win even if the US hadn't sent any troops. The British naval blockade on German ports was so bad that Germans were starving. If the Americans hadn't got involved, the Germans may have become so hungry that they'd have had a communist revolution like the Russians and ended the war forthwith. The Americans were just the straw that broke the camel's back. A back that might well have broken anyway.
Fourthly, the Europeans saved your arse in the American war of independence. I bet they don't teach that in American history classes, do they? Those people who whine that Americans don't get praised enough for profiting from selling weapons to the Europeans in WWII never acknowledge that they wouldn't have stood a chance against the British without the support of several major European powers. They don't even
know that they got any help. So the next time you complain about the Europeans being ungrateful, just remember that you would be singing "God Save the Queen" if it weren't for the French. The French. Goddamn, that's embarrassing.