Why the Allies Won Ww1

The crushing defeat and ultimate failure of the Axis Powers was caused by significant events that had a great impact on the war. The Allies were victorious in 1945 due to the sheer military power of the United States, the infamous Soviet Transformation and the ‘Battle of Moscow’, the crushing fall of Japan and the vast resource differences between the Axis Powers and the Allies. These major events that took place during World War 2 helped shape the victorious outcome for the Allies, by not only weakening the German’s military force, but also its confidence.

However this does not necessarily mean that defeat was an inevitable outcome. Hitler’s predictions of the German economic standing globally before the war would likely have given him a false illusion of Germans economic might. The statistics gathered caused him not to assess the USA or Russia as the potential superpowers or industrial giants they were to become, and rightly so. In 1936 America’s army was 110,000 men strong, its military spending was 1% of its annual budget and it had no independent air force and an unarmed navy The prediction was made that either country would not be able to mobilise an effective industry compared to Germany’s inside a four year time limit So is it reasonable to say that even economically Germany was facing a potential victory even though so many say this war was won by economics and economics alone? Not only did Germany have an impressive production capability already but it was sitting very close to potentially enormous deposits of resources, most notably the oil in The caucuses south of Rostov and Stalingrad. In 1941 German production of crude oil was 33.4 million tons compared to Russia’s 110 million tons. Now at this stage in the war the USA was still not involved so German commitments even though on two fronts were only faced with a large pressure from Russia on the Eastern front. Certainly if Germany had taken the caucuses and their invaluable oil Russia would have been crippled

The assassination of Franz Ferdinand is what lead to the immediate beginning of the war. Franz Ferdinand was in line to be the next heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne. He was later shot to death along with the wife during a visitation to Sarajevo in 1914. A Serbian group, known as the Black Hand, was blamed on for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. This event lead Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia for the assassiantion, which led to the beginning of World War 1 (History.com Staff,2009). Other WW1 analysts believe that there might be no single reason that can be attributed for the main cause of the war. These WW1 analysts think that the war might have started as a result of several other factors that lead to the buildup of WW1. These factors could included the development of militarism, imperialism, and nationalism. These factors contributed heavily to create the conflicts that led to the beginning of WW1.

Why did the Allies win World War II? (Roark 854) In this paper we will be discussing the reasons behind why the Allies were able to defeat the Axis powers in World War II. (Roark Ch.25, p. 792) During the era of World War II technology developed largely during this time. (History Net Where History Comes Alive World US History Online RSS) The improvements in technology helped the Allies win World War II, because of technological advances it helped the Allies be more ahead of the Axis powers, but this was not the only reason the Allies won World War II. (History Net Where History Comes Alive World US History Online RSS) World War II is known greatly for Pearl Harbor in the United States, but in Europe it is know for Adolf Hitler’s need for what he called the “superior race” (Adolf Hitler) that he believed everyone should be and the holocaust. (Hughes, Britannica, WWII) World War II was also the war that included almost every country in the world and caused the most deaths of all time, even today it still holds the record for most deaths especially for a six-year period of time. (Hughes, Britannica, WWII)

World War 1 was the introduction to a series of political, economical and social issues that involved almost every major super power in the world. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914 was the primary source of struggle that triggered a series of events which lead to World War 1. Many nations, such as Germany, Britain and France were already armed and ready for a war before the assassination of Franz Ferdinand occurred due to political unrest at the time between the two countries.

The extent to which a country can establish and retain a state of ‘Total War’ inevitably leads to victory. In World War 1, the allied forces ability to achieve this resulted in their success. The production of munitions and American funding, resource allocation and the British Blockade, gave the allies a clear advantage on the home front. The utilization of the superior weaponry and manpower as well as improved tactics on the battlefront gave the allies an upper hand in this war of attrition. The final loss of German morale on both the home and battlefronts, directly influenced by allied propaganda, the arrival of the Americans and Germany’s political instability, led to the cessation of the war and thus, allied victory.

The Allies used Ultra greatly throughout the course of WW2. As mentioned earlier, Ultra benefited the Allies as it provided them with information about the Axis’ powers such as locations of where they would attack next or even supply lists. The Battle of the Atlantic was an event where the use of Alan Turing’s work paid dividends. At this point, Alan Turing and his crew were now dealing with the Naval Enigma, which had been more difficult to decrypt as the naval enigma developed over the course of the war. There were several instances where the Allies were able to capture Naval Enigma settings, which benefited Turing and the code breakers as they would not have to waste time using the bombes to acquire the key settings. The Allies captured a German ship called the Krebs, which contained naval Enigma machines, and codebooks, which provided the key settings for the previous month. It was suggested that the Allies

I think that Germany made some incredibly costly mistakes in planning and execution of their war plans. The whole world had learned the mistake Napoleon made in his conquests. He had tried to fight a 2 front war which in that time in the world was just too taxing and could not be sustained (Germany foolishly made the exact same mistake in World War II only 25 years later). The German military staff had overestimated their own military strength as were entirely convinced that a victory over France would be achieved in 39 days and they would have enough time to then turn their attention back east towards Russia. Also the German response to the Russian invasion of Eastern Prussia was . It was believed that Russia was a massive military powerhouse and it had an incredibly formidable military. This was not the case. They had fought poorly against the Japanese in Manchuria and came to a humiliating peace treaty known as the Treaty of Portsmouth, lost to the French and British in Crimea, were outfought by the Turks in the siege of Plevna and it was the Russian winter, not the Russian Army, which had defeated Napoleon. For some reason the nations of Europe viewed Russia with this stigma of invincibility when in all reality they were a poor fighting force with sub par equipment and more or less sheer numbers on their side. Germany had sent 2 corps (which she dearly needed to fight the French and British) from the western front to support the campaign in Eastern Prussia and were essentially being unneeded and proved extremely costly to the Germans. At the battle of Tannenberg, the Russian advance was decisively stopped in its tracks withe the battle being decided only 4 days after it had begun. When Germany's military leaders stubbornly moved their armies through Belgium to gain a tactical advantage before invading France despite Belgium being declared a

The Allies had agreed that they did not want a repeat of the Great War. Germany would not be allowed to sue for peace, and only their unconditional surrender would end the fighting. It was with that in mind that the Allies marched into German territory. British and American forces closed in from the Western front, with Stalin’s Red Army from the East.

June 28th, 1914, Arch-duke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was the victim of an assassination in Bosnia. Now marked as one of the most earth shattering assassinations to take place in the twentieth century, his murder propelled the long awaited outbreak of the Great War, otherwise known as World War I. However, that was not the only cause of World War I, only the event that made the inevitable a reality. Before the assignation for Arch-duke Ferdinand; Nationalism and Militarism played a significant role in increasing tensions. Tensions had been rising between European countries for many years up to that point. Beginning in the nineteenth century, European states were split and organized with hopes to provide peace and avoid conflict. Existing rivalries became more intense, as new nations

The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was a major cause of World War One. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed in the city of Bosnian. As he and his wife were visiting the capital of Sarajevo, a Bosnian revolutionary named Gavrilo Princip made his way to the open car and murdered the couple to death. This event was planned because the Serbian officials thought the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand would start a war that could bring down the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Austria-Hungary demanded war against Serbia on June 28 when Serbia could not reach Austria-Hungary's

While there is never just a single event that has led to the start of a world war, or any other serious war, there is often one thing that triggers long lived tensions and thus war ensues. Such was the case in WWI with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. There were many tensions that existed prior to his assassination, but it was his assassination which triggered the war, his assassination that served as an excuse, and perhaps the last straw, so to speak, which led to the First World War. The following paper examines the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and its relationship to the start of WWI.

It was a peaceful day at Sarajevo. The town had gathered to see the parade, but in the end, witnessed a crime. Archduke Franz and his wife Duchess Sophie were driving through Sarajevo and expected to arrive peacefully, but Gavrilo Princip had an assassination in mind for the family. The assassination of Duke Franz Ferdinand was the most significant assassination of the twentieth century. The series of unfortunate events, the lives of the killer and the killed, the coincidence and the troubles that ensued because of this event were key to the beginning of World War I.

Franz Ferdinand can be said to be the reason that WWI happened. An archduke, he was the heir to the Austro-Hungarian empire. Ferdinand, with his wife, decided to make an inspection of troops in the capital of Bosnia. While there, a Sebrian terrorist group of seven, The Black Hand, was going to try to assassinate him. The first two assassins were unable to kill him, but the third was able to throw a grenade that landed under the car in which they were traveling in. Although it did not injure him or his wife, Sophie, it did harm some of his attendants. After this point, no one knows for sure what happens. Some say he went

On 28 June 1914 Austria's Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the nephew of Austria's emperor and heir to the throne were shot to death with his wife Sophie while visiting the city of Sarajevo in the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia-Herzegovina. His assassination by a Serbian nationalist was viewed as a huge excuse to attack Serbia. This incident displayed as the trigger of World War I, but it was just spark.