The Russians are boasting now publicly that they could have won WWII without the United States armies and military forces.  Actual facts prove that the United States made the difference in winning the war.  In Slovakia, it took the United States military forces and equipment, and the Russian armies, and the partisan forces to overcome the Nazis in Slovakia and to liberate the people in Slovakia. Read Cheryl Freier’s novels on a young family’s quest and journey to survive the war in Nazi Slovakia;  her website is: www.thegraylinghiddentruthpoems.com;  she is working on a seventh novel which is based upon the true-to-life story of the Freier family’s adventures and journey;  the books can be purchased on amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, from the publisher, Author House and ordered from your local library.  Cheryl Freier, author/illustrator