but continue to fight in order to survive and in order to protect the troops they fought along with. Gunter K. Koschorrek began his journey on a train to Stalingrad‚ on October of 1942 as an optimistic new recruit specializing in machine gun operation and part of the 1st Battalion‚ 21st Panzergrenadier Regiment that belonged to the 24th Panzer Tank Division. From the fervor and initial excitement of the troops‚ one can assume that the German soldiers were especially eager to go to war and fight
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From the beginning of the Second World War‚ Adolf Hitler had a set of goals that he looked to accomplish; establish the Aryan Race as the supreme race over all others‚ abolish the Treaty of Versailles‚ expand German territory (Lebensraum)‚ and defeat Communism. To manipulate the German people‚ he utilized propaganda regarding previous grievances such as Germany’s outcome from World War I and the economic situation of Germany to twist the general consensus into the hatred of Jews‚ “gypsies”‚ and other
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To what extent were Hitler and Stalin similar? Hitler and Stalin were both cruel dictators around the time of WW2‚ but to what extent were these two men similar? Firstly they were both dictators throughout WW2; however they were both of different beliefs. Hitler was a fascist and Stalin was a communist‚ however they were both such extreme versions of these beliefs that they were‚ in many ways alike. Starting with childhood‚ Adolf Hitler was born on April 20th 1889 in a small Austrian town called
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In July 1940‚ Stafford Cripps the British Ambassador in the Soviet Union‚ stressed to Stalin that Germany was a threat to Moscow and thus asked him to consider a military alliance with Britain. However‚ Stalin denied. He insisted that the non-aggression pact still held high importance to the interests of both Germany and the USSR. After this meeting‚ Stalin told Molotov to send the minutes of the discussions that took place to Berlin. This was an attempt to reassure Hitler of Stalin’s continuous
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To what extent was it Stalin’s Leadership that explains why the USSR won in 1945? By 1941‚ Nazi Germany had swept much of Western Europe under its yoke. The Low Countries and France‚ Scandinavia‚ Poland and Czechoslovakia had all been conquered in rapid succession‚ and only Britain stood alone against the Nazi invaders‚ the Channel providing the final hurdle which Hitler could not surmount. Bereft then of enemies‚ Hitler turned East‚ against the Russian bear and the Slavs who for so long he had
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The German invasion of Stalingrad started on 22 June 1941 which was the start of summer in Russia. The Germans assumed it would be a quick victory. (Yoder‚ 2003) However‚ the battle dragged on into the severe Russian winter‚ weather that the Germans were not prepared for. The German 6th Army was only given summer uniforms due to the battle starting towards in the summer. This lack of preparation for the Russian winter proved disastrous to the Germans as the summer uniforms could do little to prevent
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Superpower Relations 1943-1991 The Breakdown of the Wartime Alliance The Breakdown of the wartime alliance Although allies‚ cracks were already appearing in the Soviet-American alliance by 1945. Stalin was particularly suspicious of Britain’s policy before the war of appeasement‚ which he thought aimed secretly to encourage Hitler to attack Russia. He was also unhappy with the US/British failure to open up
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He was advised to scrap Operation Citadel altogether and allow the Russians to attack their defenses setting them up for an easy counterattack. Seemingly‚ Hitler’s pride made him refuse to give up any land to the Soviets‚ even as a tactical sacrifice. This was a common issue Hitler
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was going on Soviet Union started their long planned counteroffensive‚ Operation Uranus‚ they aimed to completely destroy the German aggressors. Soviets completely closed of the German 6th Army as well as part of the German 4th Panzer army. German supplies‚ fuel‚ medical supplies‚ and ammunition dwindle Axis troops were unable to mount a breakout operation. While the Soviets had completely surprised the Germans using Operation Uranus and by using the weather to their advantage‚ their experience with
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thrust to Berlin" and "it is my desire to move on Berlin by the most direct and expeditious route". (Strawson‚ pp. 103 – 4) Montgomery wrote back and urged the Supreme Commander to decide what was necessary to go for Berlin‚ plan and organise the operation and then undertake it to "finish the war". (Strawson‚ p. 104) While plans existed for crossing the Rhine and at the same time encircling the Ruhr‚ something that would be effected by the US 9th Army under Montgomery ’s 21st Army Group and the US
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