The battle was fought by Germany and Italy (and their allies) against the Soviets. This marked the turning point in World War II against Germany; which then marked the end of German advancement on the eastern front. Not only was it the longest, but it was one of the bloodiest – nearly one million were injured or killed. The Soviets had a huge advancement on their side – the weather. They were fighting on their own land, and they knew what the winter was capable of bringing.
It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts and in Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia. The campaign was fought between the Allies and Axis powers. 7) Battle of Stalingrad: The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between Nazi Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia. The battle took place between 17 July 1942 and 2 February 1943, during World War II. The results of these operations are often cited as one of the turning points of World War II.
When most Americans think of World War 2, they usually think of D-Day, or the pacific. When schools teach of it, they teach of the Maginot line, and the British efforts in fighting the Nazis, with a token reference to the Russian resistance in the east. This is ironic, as the eastern front had more casualties then any other country had in both world wars combined. The Eastern Front in World War 2, was one of the bloodiest, worst conflicts in history, both for the soldiers, and innocent civilians. World War 2 started off on September first of 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany.
The Axis suffered from 500,000-850,000 casualties. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Stalingrad#Casualties) The reason the Soviet Union had so many casualties was because of the Germans' Luftwaffe bombing. The Luftwaffe bombing was countless of artillery strikes on Stalingrad before German forces advanced into the city. After the Luftwaffe bombing, the city of Stalingrad was virtually destroyed. With the city destroyed, the Germans had a slight advantage, but the Russians were still in their own city ,and they still had one major advantage besides that.
In the next decade there will be many important events that will be part of the Cold War that will have significant impact on communism and democracy, the Vietnam War where 58,000 Americans died in an effort to contain communism. Other important events were the Gulf War and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the collapse of the Soviet Union. This would end the Cold War era. This was seen by the United States and its allies as a victory for freedom and democracy and the fall of a communist empire. In conclusion the Cold War was caused by U.S. fear of the spread of communism and other events.
This was the start of the First Chechen War. The conflict lasted from 1994 to 1996 and the brutal violence finally ended when the Russian troops left Chechnya. In 1999 the Russians began to attack again which started the Second Chechen war, also known as the War in the North Caucasus. The second war started because of terrorist attacks around Russia killing many like the bomb that went off in a Russian apartment killing 68 in 1996. There was suspicion that it was Chechens who caused these acts of terror.
The investigation will address the question from a positivist approach, analyzing various sources, including books, websites and documentaries. The two sources selected for evaluation, The Storm Of War by Andrew Roberts, and How Hitler could have won World War II: The Fatal Errors That Lead To Nazi defeat, by Alexander Bevin, will be evaluated for their origins, purposes, values and limitations. B: Summary of Evidence “The Stalingrad campaign in Russia in 1942 is one of the most poignant examples ever recorded of a ruler engineering his own destruction” (Bevin 145). The campaign started with Operation Blau. Blau was the next step in Operation Barbarossa, created to focus on the invasion of the Caucasus and Southern Russia in the summer and autumn months (Preston 132).
Eastern Europe, including both the small Eastern nations and Russia, were absolutely devastated by war. The Soviet had 20 million dead. Because of this, the vengeful Soviet Union wanted to lash back at beaten Germany, aiming at both fierce punishments of Nazi leaders and dismantling German factories and basically making German economic recovery impossible. The Soviets' damages were so immense that they were determined to rebuild their shattered land by extracting enormous reparations from the Germans. This is why the Soviet Union sought to take over many of the eastern lands that were once under German control Poland and Hungary became nearly dependent to the Soviets, and the Soviets also began to eye obtaining Greece and later Turkey.
Stalinist Russia during the late 1930’s experienced extreme changes and suffering in all sectors of society, including the military. The weakening of Russia’s military strength under Stalin’s rule is aptly described by Mary Leder in the novel “My Life in Stalinist Russia.” “No matter what the answer may be, it is an irrefutable fact that the Soviets did not use the two-year break to build up their defenses. On the contrary, Stalin continued to undermine the army by arresting its most talented leaders. He strengthened Germany by selling it the raw materials it needed to conduct the war. [1]” Through sources such as first hand accounts like the statement above, along with in-depth textbooks, I was able to understand the linear timeline of the Red Terror, and how the Red Terror was inextricably tied to the Russian casualties and suffering in World War II.
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Campaign, was Hitler’s last counterattack on December 16, 1944 to January 25, 1945 which became the largest battle the U.S. had ever fought and caught U.S. troops by surprise, killing nearly 80,000 soldiers (Bulge). This attack was secretly planned by Hitler and was his last shot before his