>Its a difficult on to judge but remember the Soviet Union defeated the German at Stalingrad in 1942 and where pushing them back after that for almost 2 years before the Western Allies engaged any significant forces. I tend to think If you look at the numbers fighting and the losses if anyone could be said to have defeated the Germans it was the Soviet Union.

I think you are all wrong. French Did!
In one unaired episode of 'Alo Alo' (based on true story) , Rene has put something in a drink of top German commanders making them dizzy for the rest of the war! It happened 1942. The rest is history! <g>