Rabid, I suggest you go read up on the political realities in the US during the 1930's.
We did more, as a matter of fact. And we did it because we had a larger industrial base and more population.
And quote me were I said we did it alone. I'm just pointing out a historical fact, that after the fighting in Normandy ended, it was the US that began to carry the burden of the ground war in the ETO. The UK and the Commonwealth hit their maximums while the US was still committing new divisions every couple of weeks till the very end of the war.
Ok this whole thing got out of hand for me right here lol. If I'm not mistaken (and correct me if I'm wrong) but the US was still selling resources to Germany during the opening phases of the war. At some point I believe these sales AND the Lend-Lease agreement with Britain overlapped briefly.
The Canadians were instrumental in winning the Battle of the Atlantic, she had the 4th largest navy afloat, albeit with very few capital ships. Canadians were given one of the toughest nuts to crack on Sicily. And while Monte Cassino was nasty, the Battle for Ortona was as ugly as any battle during the Ardennes offensive. They also played a vital role in breaking through the Gothic line. At Normandy they took the toughest beach after Omaha and at the end of the day, had pushed farther inland than any other army. And don't forget, the Canadians opponents were the 1st SS, 12th SS and the Panzer Lehr Div during the 1st month of the campaign.
It was Canadians that pretty much liberated Holland.
One of Canada's largest contributions was the British Commonwealth Air Training Program. Still the largest air force training program in history, 167,000 air service personnel went through it including more than 50,000 pilots, approx half of which were Canadian.
5000 Canadian soldiers attacked Dieppe in what turned out to be a lesson in how NOT to attack a fortified position from the sea. A lesson that cost 900 lives and 2000 held as POWs. Lessons that were put to good use and possibly saved countless live 2 years later on D-Day.
Despite British claims, radar was born in Canada, which proved essential to winning the war.
Canadian industry produced more than 800,000 military transport vehicles, 50,000 tanks, 43,000 heavy guns, 40,000 field, naval and AA guns and 1.7 million small arms. When it came to the military transports, Canada kept 168,000 for it's own use, giving a ratio of 1 vehicle for every 3 front line combat soldiers, making it the most mechanized field army of the war.
Canadian shipyards built over 4000 naval vessels.
Not to mention the various technological innovations as well as providing 50% of the total aluminum and 90% of the total nickel used in the war effort.
While the war certainly could not have been won without the US, Canada's contributions were no less valuable to the effort. Well, it could have been won without the US but then Russia would have had ALL of Europe instead of just half of it.