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WWII. Had Stalin not held off 2/3rds of German forces on the Eastern front, Europe would have fallen, and with it the U.S. efforts in the Pacific. There's little doubt that the U.S. could have defended its homeland from the Axis, but not the Pacific had Stalin not prevailed.
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I don't doubt it, but the other 1/3 (plus some of Germany's finest military minds) and the accompanying supplies was very significant. The West wouldn't have prevailed without Stalin, and Stalin wouldn't have prevailed without the West. Hence 'Allies'.
In a fist fight, there is a substantial difference between fighting two people and fighting three. The man who could beat two might not overcome three.