Eastern Front

typically only talk about the Western front. The Eastern front was entirely different compared to the Western front but equally as ghastly. Nonetheless, the one thing both fronts had in common was the vitality of the German army, which was the only country that fought a two-front war, as it had to fight in the West against the Entrance powers of France and Great Britain and in the East against the Russia. Germany had to bear the brunt of the fighting on both fronts as Austria-Hungry proved incapable

Like I said earlier in the video, the war machine simply couldn’t keep up with the German army. There was few working roads in Russia that could supply the front line and the railroad lines were about 6 inches wider than the Nazi Supply trains. The Eastern front was a truly a logistical nightmare, and the Germans are starting to pay for it. The Soviets on the other hand were taking a beating, their army kept growing in size. This perplexed the Germans, no

OPERATION BARBAROSSA The invasion of Russia was the largest military campaign of the Second World War. Operation Barbarossa, as it was known, was launched on 22 June 1941 and completely took Russia by surprise. The widening war raging in Africa and eastern Europe were key distractions for Hitler from his ultimate goal of attacking Russia. Although the British army remained undefeated in the west, Hitler’s goal proved an urgency for him to begin moving on the east. Whilst planning was made throughout

million is a statistic.”- These words were spoken by Joseph Stalin after the largest and bloodiest battle in human history, Stalingrad. The eastern front of World War II was one the bloodiest single war of all time. Once the Germans invaded the USSR they did not know they had unleashed the Soviet storm. During Russia’s great patriotic war, the battles of the eastern front led to the downfall of the German Reich. Even before the war, the Soviets and Germans had had a lot of contact. During Spain’s

Timofte, 2 THE PRINCIPLES OF MISSION COMMAND APPLIED BY MARSHAL GEORGY ZHUKOV DURING THE BATTLE OF KURSK - 1943 AVIATION CAPTAINS CAREER COURSE FORT RUCKER, ALABAMA CLASS 13-004, TEAM 1 1st LT. SERBAN TIMOFTE (ROU) 10 OCTOBER 2013 Defining mission command Mission command is the exercise of authority and direction by the commander using mission orders to enable disciplined initiative within the commander’s intent to empower agile and adaptive leaders in the conduct of unified

The Reckless Decision in the Eastern Front: Study of Hitler’s Fatal Blunder Tiger Sheng Ms. Cameron Modern History 112 October 25, 2014 Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Germany’s leader who started the World War II, had a great plan to conquer every single corner of the world with his powerful army. He actually won a bunch of battles; however several mistakes he made finally led him to the loss. In my opinion, Hitler made his fatal blunder on the Operation Barbarossa, which was the invasion

Hitler viewed all of Eastern Europe as “Untermenschen” (sub-human) and assert that Aryan German need to secure more living space, by killing Russian and take it place with purely German. II.RELATIONS BETWEEN GERMANY AND RUSSIA DURING PRE-WAR PERIOD After Germany join side with Japan and Italy formed the Axis Pact, they proposed Russia to join in and no respone from Germany after Stalin stated that they didn’t want German to interference with it’s influence and capture of Eastern Poland.Robert Service

Soviets used the Volga river to move supplies and personnel into and out of Stalingrad. The Soviets also had functioning factories in Stalingrad producing tanks. Many of these tanks rolled off the assembly line and were immediately driven to the front line, many without paint or gun sights (Beevor, 1998). The Nazi generals had to consult with Hitler before any large decisions could be made. Messages had to be sent back to Germany then the commanders would have to wait for a response. The Soviet

important battle over the course of World War II. Not necessarily remembered for its course of fighting, the battle is more known for its outcome. Not only did the battle turn out to be a major turning point in the war, it may have saved most of Eastern Europe from incomparable destruction. The battle included two of the biggest political and military icons of their time, Stalin and Hitler. World War II was seen around the globe as a war to end all wars. Combat like this had never been experienced

Sam Carter L9 To What Extent was the Battle of Stalingrad a More Important Turning Point in World War II than the Battle of Britain? The Battle of Stalingrad was fought from the September 1942 through to early February 1943, and took place after the Germans had reached the fringes of Leningrad and Moscow in operation Barbarossa. Hitler’s, and the German commander of the sixth army, General von Paulus’ main aim was to take and secure the oil fields of Caucasus in Russia. The oil from here would