King ,you know that the uk couldnt have maintained the war footing that it did with out the united states support.and it did take time to get the us involved ,Russia and the uk couldn't have put up much resistance with out our supplies, lend lease, ,illegal support.the Murmansk run kept going till the end of the war.politically, economically,the unites state cast a large shadow.i have been involved in the fight against anti gun politics and policy's and have worked for campaigns to defeat these policy's. i have had my opinions published in local publications.i worked with the NRA at a local level to defeat a proposition that would have had you leave your legally owned firearm behind if you moved to California.i personally talked to candidates about there position on gun control.and worked to defeat anti gunners.and i still think you are not a pro gun individual except for your own personnel property protection i.e. keeping your own weapons