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I'm not an history expert, but my understanding when the US entered the WWII and pushed hard to change the tide of war, you could say the US won the war - it gave the US a place in the world stage (with it's responsibilities, but also, some perks).

Would the US be the country it is nowadays if it didn't join WWII? Probably not, it would be a very different world.

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Russia won the war.

CCCP won the war, using US equipment.

The US didn't win WWII - the Soviets did the majority of the dying and fighting. Don't get it twisted.

Being worse at it than the rest of the Allies doesn’t make it so that the Soviets won the war.

The war for Europe was arguably won in Africa well before any major advances happened in either of the European fronts.

The North African campaign combined with the supplies the US has sent to the Soviets was pretty much the only reason why the Soviets have won on the eastern front.

The Axis and specifically Germany were over extended in Africa and Africa pretty much took all the fuel and air lift capacity Germany had at the time.

The Italian campaign was the nail in the coffin for the Axis in Europe well before D-Day.

And that is if we can ignore the pacific theater altogether.

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