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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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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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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Why Did the Soviet Union Lose the War in Afghanistan? Roxanne C. Jones Politics 300‚ Section 003016 Why Did the Soviet Union Lose the War in Afghanistan? ‘Do you think you are going to win?’ ‘Yes‚ yes of course.’ ‘What makes you think so? What makes you think you are going to win?’ ‘I believe we are going to win. It’s evident!’ (Panjshairi commander Ahmad Shah Massoud in an interview from the French prize-winning documentary film ‘Valley against an Empire’ by Jerome Bony and Christophe de Ponfilly
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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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How successful were the 5 year plans in transforming Soviet industry in the years 1928 - 1941? In order to decide whether or not these 5 year plans were successful‚ it is necessary to first define what is meant by success in this context. This can be done by considering the aims of Stalin with his first three Five-Year Plans. Stalin’s industrial plans for the USSR were to establish a war economy - to prepare the USSR for war against its capitalist enemies. He regarded steel‚ iron and oil the
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Joseph Stalin’s dictatorship was characterized by Russia’s ideological transformation of Communism under his reign. Widely regarded as a tyrant‚ Stalin was responsible for massive repression of his people. However Russians remember Stalin for his leadership‚ advances in technologies‚ and victory in World War II. His usage of powerful leadership attributes created fear and promoted a tense paranoid feeling during his dictatorship. Under his leadership‚ Russia experienced a return to pre-revolutionary
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The development of the advanced technological M4 Sherman tank in World War II helped turn the tide during the European ground invasions. A tank is a heavy armored fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track. The M4 Sherman was one of the most widely used tanks by the United States Army in World War II. At first‚ however‚ the United States lagged far behind the major European states in the development of tank technology and armored warfare. The fall of France
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While most countries during World War II refused to put women on the front lines the Soviet Union was not afraid to do so. The Soviet Union had recruited 2000 women snipers for World War II but one of the most successful women snipers was Lyudmila Pavlichenko. To this day she is the best female sniper in all of history with 309 confirmed kills. Lyudmila Pavlichenko was born on July 12‚ 1916 in Bila Tserkva. At the age of fourteen Pavlichenko and her family moved to the town of Kiev. There she
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There has been various wars‚ disasters‚ and great innovations to occur from the 1930s to the 21st century. But the world would not be what it is today without these catastrophes and milestones. The Non-aggression pact was an agreement between the Soviet Union and Germany‚ which promised that each nation would not attack the one another‚ madon August 23‚ 1939. German troops invaded Poland on August 31‚ 1939‚ in hopes to occupy and split Poland with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union would also be
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