Why Did The Allies Defeat Hitler?
Why did the Allies defeat Hitler?
- Weakness of the Axis powers
Germany didn’t not give their full military capacity to invade Britain in 1941, Hitler allowed Britain to survive. From this Britain kept going with the war into the West, the British resistance was increasingly causing Germany problems. Britain also acted as a launch pad for the bombing of Germany and Operation Overload. Therefore, invasion of the Soviet Union proved to be a huge mistake, pushing Germany to face war on two fronts.
Declaring war on the United States of America on the 11th of September was a major error and showed a lack of judgment on Hitler’s behalf. Believing the US would stay and only fight in the Pacific was a mistake as, under the direction of Roosevelt …show more content…
The lack of preparation for the winter campaign, this left the forces at Stalingrad to conduct an orderly retreat. Another fault being the focus on building the V-rockets instead of developing and making jet aircrafts which had the potentially to restore the German air superiority.
The war exceeding the time Hitler ever intended. Germany suffered greatly from material shortages as the war continued, rubber, cotton, nickel and after mid 1944, oil. While production of military weaponry did not stop, the effectiveness reduced as cut backs were made. Both Germany and Japan rejected influence from any civilian, breaking an important and useful collaboration.
- The Strength of the Allies
While Germany increasing faced economic problems, the resourceful allies grew stronger. The USSR’s rapidly transformed into a wartime economy and factories in Russia were producing armaments of better quality then Germany. The USSR also proved to be more efficient in producing and sustaining for a prolonged war. The US geared up for wartime and also overtook Germany in military production, 70,000 tanks and 120,000 aircrafts a year. Ensuring excellent backup services. Stalin and the Red army. Therefore, by improving the quality but also the quantity of the military production allowed the Allies to be ahead of the Axes powers
- Weakness of the Axis powers
Germany didn’t not give their full military capacity to invade Britain in 1941, Hitler allowed Britain to survive. From this Britain kept going with the war into the West, the British resistance was increasingly causing Germany problems. Britain also acted as a launch pad for the bombing of Germany and Operation Overload. Therefore, invasion of the Soviet Union proved to be a huge mistake, pushing Germany to face war on two fronts.
Declaring war on the United States of America on the 11th of September was a major error and showed a lack of judgment on Hitler’s behalf. Believing the US would stay and only fight in the Pacific was a mistake as, under the direction of Roosevelt …show more content…
The lack of preparation for the winter campaign, this left the forces at Stalingrad to conduct an orderly retreat. Another fault being the focus on building the V-rockets instead of developing and making jet aircrafts which had the potentially to restore the German air superiority.
The war exceeding the time Hitler ever intended. Germany suffered greatly from material shortages as the war continued, rubber, cotton, nickel and after mid 1944, oil. While production of military weaponry did not stop, the effectiveness reduced as cut backs were made. Both Germany and Japan rejected influence from any civilian, breaking an important and useful collaboration.
- The Strength of the Allies
While Germany increasing faced economic problems, the resourceful allies grew stronger. The USSR’s rapidly transformed into a wartime economy and factories in Russia were producing armaments of better quality then Germany. The USSR also proved to be more efficient in producing and sustaining for a prolonged war. The US geared up for wartime and also overtook Germany in military production, 70,000 tanks and 120,000 aircrafts a year. Ensuring excellent backup services. Stalin and the Red army. Therefore, by improving the quality but also the quantity of the military production allowed the Allies to be ahead of the Axes powers