on this same level, many many russians died so that americans didn't have to die on the western front. we provided the hardware (guns tanks etc) for the russians to beat the germans on the eastern front, the russians provided the software (their bodies)

by the time the USA invaded france the german army was a shell of what it once was. the german armed forces were shattered on the eastern front. shades of napolean. he got back with a few thousand men and started out with hundreds of thousands.