Competition Success Review published this article page no 8 at first once again bitzkrieg tactics rained supreme with the germans reaching stalingrad on the 8th of september. once again hitler failed by allowing his army to get into an urban fire fight for which they were unsuited allowing the russians to spring a giant trap and destroyed an entire army (surrendering on 31st january 1943) this combined with the allied success in north africa which resulted in the destruction another german army lead to the irreversible change in the course of the war with german doomed to destruction. the allies fight back. with growing success in the battle of the atlantic and the victory at el alamein on the 4th of november 1942 the allies began to swing into the offensive with operation torch begun on the 8th of november 1942 the allies began to sqeeze the germans out of north africa. next they invaded italy starting with the invasion of sicily on the 10th of july 1943. they continued onto the boot of italy however this proved to be a costly exercise due to terrain favouring the defender rome not being liberated until 4th june 1944. the real end game began with the invasion of normandy on the 6th june 1944 (d-day). with the success of the invasion and breakout of the bocage. success at the falaise pocket and kursk confirmed germanys fates. the end game despite hitlers gamble at the battle of the bulge (dec. 1944) the end was already on the way with the allies laying waste to germany from the air and the russians laying waste with massed artillery and troops. the destruction of berlin and the death of hitler (30th april 1945) confirmed to the die hards it was over v-e day being 8th may the germans having surrendered the day before. why germany lost the war. it failed the diplomatic battle – it failed to convince spain another fascist nation to join in the cause. it failed to turn occupied countries into allies. it failed to have a unified plan with its allies. imagine if japan had been convinced to invade russia instead of bombing pearl harbour. imagine if the usa had been encouraged to stay out of the war for another year. in other words germany failed to win hearts and minds by the oppressive actions of the ss and others in poland and russia instead of winning over many who would have gladly joined in the overthrow of stalinism and helped guarantee german victory. nazism with its german nationalist roots and outright racism just didnt offer anything to non-germans. it failed the technological battle – although germany produced new amazing technological advances in rockets and the like it either failed to produce the really important technology early enough i.e. radar nuclear weapons or failed to recognise and exploit to their full potential advances that really made a difference i.e. jet power. it failed to adopt total war. until late in the war when albert speer took over the economy german hadnt fully exploited available resources competition success review magazine Subscribe online.
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