Most important turning point of WW2

This topic ties in with the theme Exploration, Encounter, and Exchange because the turning points explain how the people in the World War took a risk and made a change. The changes weren 't always good though. There was some good and some bad. Exploration basically is like visions of travelers setting out on a journey to discover new lands. In the World War there was always Journeys and new places they went because the War was always in different places or against a new country that they might have not been familiar with.

The battle of Britain was the first major battle of world war 2. The purpose of this attack was to get Britain to bomb Britain till they surrender so they can directly invade Britain. It began in september 1940 when the German Luftwaffe bombarding major British cities in a blitz of air attacks. British citizens had to spend their night in underground bomb shelters. Eighty Canadian pilots join the royal air force in order to prevent German attacks. The pilots faced a dangerous task and in the first few weeks, 16 Canadian pilots were killed. However, as time went on there skills and success rates improved. The battle continued until may 1941 and with the help Canadian pilots, 3000 enemy aircraft were shot down. Canada’s contribution was an essential cause of the victory.

………Japan plan a attack that was the turning point in the war, just not in the way they expected. The battle of midway was supostto take out Americas already weekend nave. In the end it failed they tried a sneak attack which back fired on them losing more than they gained. The battle of midway was japans down fall.

Britain and France desperately awaited the moment when the US would fully join in the fighting in Europe during World War II, and D-Day brought that full fledged involvement. If not for the efforts of the United States of America, its cooperation and planning with its allies, the invasion would not have been successful. It was successful, however, due to previous planning, the level of supplies and men from the US combined with the European allies, as well as the divided German forces. D-Day was the beginning of liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control. Hitler had known that in order for the Allies to be successful, there would have to be an invasion of mainland Europe - which his forces controlled most of - and that it would come from northwestern Europe, with Great Britain being the jumping off point. But if he was expecting the attack, why was he not better prepared? The planning that had gone into the invasion at the beaches of Normandy on the coast of France had been thorough and extensive, with a large part of that planning being the intentional disinformation about the location of the invasion, thus fooling the Nazi leader. These factors explain why Operation Overlord was successful, and thus became the turning point in the world war.

why was that battle the war’s turning point? Well, the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point of

Some people think that Vicksburg and Sherman’s march were also major turning points of the war, however Gettysburg is pretty much they top dog of turning points. The loss of Vicksburg meant the loss of the Mississippi River, which definitely gave the north a boost. The North’s control of the river

The Battle of Stalingrad is considered the turning point of the Second World War as the German forces failed to overcome the defense of the Russian army leading to their humiliating defeat at the hands of the Russians. It is commonly believed that this loss was due to Hitler’s lack of trust in his own generals and his selfish desire to conquer an essentially useless piece of land. American writer Edwin Palmer Hoyt believes that if Hitler had granted his generals more flexibility, then Von Paulus could have saved some of his divisions from complete annihilation. Another perspective of the outcome is that it stemmed from Stalin’s decision to allow for how own generals and commanders to take control over the battle while he put his focus on other things which would lead to the Soviet domination over the German army in a seemingly hopeless situation.

It was on September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945. It was the most widespread, and deadliest event in history. It involved more than fifty million deaths of people. 6 million of the people killed were Jews. The American soldiers made the remaining Jews see the pile of dead Jews. It is important because we killed a lot of Jews, and sent out a message that if you were a Jew you were bad.

The Battle of Britain as a Turning Point in the Defeat of German in World War Two

When World War II had began in 1939, there were two sides that were involved. One being the axis powers that included Japan, Italy and Germany. The other side being the allied powers that included the United States, Britain and France. The axis powers had a different government system than those on the allies side. These countries had one ultimate leader and created a society as if it were a dictatorship. Nationalism was a strong belief on the axis side causing the leaders to become extremists and torture the citizens if they had not believed in what was thought of as “right”. On the other side, the allies had a democratic government leaving the citizens with a chance to have a say on what was going

The Battle of the Bulge was a very important event in World War II, because it was viewed as Hitler’s last major offensive in the war. Americans suffered around 75,000 casualties and the British lost about 1,400 soldiers. But, the damage done to the Axis powers was even worse. 120,000 German soldiers were killed in the battle, and another 100,000 were taken prisoner. The German army was pretty much wiped out and it was nearly impossible for them to launch another attack on the Allies, which brought about the end of World War

Stalin authorized the covert operation but did not interfere with the details. Part of the reason for its success was due to this unified command. Stalin, in contrast to Hitler during this period, listened to reasoned arguments. He surrounded himself with a small group of competent advisors, listened to the advice of field commanders and usually accepted it. The Red Army strategically out maneuvered and virtually annihilated the Axis force during the operation but they were also helped by excessive German ambitions and in cohesive military strategies.

The Battle of Dunkirk happened in Northern France between May 26 and June 4 1940 and was a major battle of the Second World War which occurred between 1939-1945. The Second World War was very different to the first with rapid movement covering huge amounts of land in very little time. This was due to the German Army’s speed which used “Blitzkrieg” or “Lightning war” tactics.

The Battle of Britain in 1940 In the summer of 1940, the German Luftwaffe attempted to win air superiority over southern Britain and the English Channel by destroying the Royal Air Force and the British aircraft industry. This attempt came to be known as the Battle of Britain, and victory over the RAF was seen by the Germans as absolutely essential if they were eventually to mount an invasion of the British Isles. The Germans had overrun Belgium, the Netherlands and northern France in May 1940, using the Blitzkrieg ('Lightning War') technique that relied, among other things, on close coordination between ground troops and the air force.

The “Battle of Britain” was mainly an air battle, Germany had underestimated the British air force and air defence and sent many bomber planes to attack. Germany tried to get Britain to surrender but they attacked Berlin instead. This caused the Luftwaffe (the German air force) to attack London, the first attack on September 7th was very successful, but any attacks after that had failed.