The Battle of Stalingrad Explain why one event during World War Two in Europe was a turning point in the conflict The Battle of Stalingrad in 1942 was one of the major turning points in World War Two. It was a major turning point for a number of reasons‚ the first being that Germany lost considerable amounts of manpower and equipment in this battle; losses from which they never recovered. In addition‚ the Battle of Stalingrad had a sizeable effect on the German’s and the Allies moral that ultimately
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It is valid to say that the Soviet victory at Stalingrad in 1943 was indeed inevitable. Germany had launched a massive offensive on the 12th of July 1942 named operation Blue. It was here at the city of Stalingrad that the Germans would fight one of the bloodiest battles of the war. The German sixth army faced the Soviet 62nd army. The Soldiers of the Wehrmacht would have to fight for every centimeter of land and had to battle through every house‚ in every sewer and factory against the might of the
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the winter of 1942-1943‚ the Soviets won the battle of Stalingrad and Germans suffered in a disastrous defeat. After losing about 400‚000 casualties in the battle‚ Germans seeked revenge and launched an offensive force against Soviet Union called Operation Citadel. Their initial goal was to take over a salient in the Eastern Front that extended 70 miles toward the west. The salient was a bulge in the Soviet lines that stretched 150 miles from north to south and extend 100 miles westward into the German
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about 3000 miles of trenches and placed more than 400‚000 mines. (p134 Citino) With such forbidding defence‚ General Guderian confronted Hitler on May 10th of that year‚ as he attempted to persuade him to cancel the plans because he believes that Operation Citadel is doomed. (Clark p183) He said‚” The world is completely indifferent as to whether we have Kursk or not… Why do you want to attack in the east‚ particularly this year?” And Hitler could only respond by saying that “the thought of this attack
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Conflict in Europe Asses the significance of the conflict in North Africa to allied victory in the European war. Allied victory in the North African campaign is significant for allied victory in the European war. The campaign provided the allies with major strategic and economic advantages‚ boosted British morale and proved Anglo-American cooperation to be successful. Additionally‚ conflict in North Africa also diverted substantial German and Italian resources that were needed elsewhere‚ thus
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mental illnesses and temporay spouts of blindness caused by a mustard gas injury he recieved in WW1. This caused Hitler to be quite suspicious of anyone. While they were both very odd men‚ no one can say that were not extremely smart in the military operations‚ both of them running strong‚ effiecient militaries‚ which they used to conquer much of Europe‚ they were both quite found of infantry based warfare‚ Hitler invented the Blitzkrieg‚ or "lightning war" which he used to quickly capture a good chunk
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German infantry stormed the city. Block by block fighting persisted between Soviet resistance and the ever amassing German army. However‚ the USSR launched Operation Uranus. This was a two pronged counter attack to encircle both of the German divisions. Its’ goal was to entrap them into the very city they were fighting to conquer. The operation went extremely smoothly‚ almost immediately turning the tide to the Soviets. Which led to some of the bloodiest fighting ever recorded in World War
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The Battle of St. Lô took place from July 9 to July 24‚ 1944. It was an important battle in the Allies’ campaign for the liberation of northern france. About a month after the Battle of Normandy‚ it was the fight for an important French trade city. The Germans had taken the city without opposition from locals‚ but its liberation took the lives of many. The Americans considered this a worthy cause‚ however‚ because the city was vital to the Allies’ plan. The battle was important to the war because
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seen to be a triumphal example of German tactics of Blitzkrieg. ‘By Blitzkrieg we mean concentrated employment of armour and air forces to confuse the enemy with surprise and speed… the objective is to defeat the enemy quickly in a decision-making operation.’ This tactics was the use of two effective technology developments and the change of tactics from the First World War. The tank‚ first used in World War One to cross the trenches‚ ‘The trench deadlock of World War One was a nightmare scenario for
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Did technology and strategy affect the outcome of World War II‚ or was the outcome as a result of which army had the most soldiers? Conor Bremner History Project Stanford Lake College History Department 2013/05/18 Contents Page Introduction Page 1 Review of Literature
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