Western Front Turning Point

Connor Maguire THE WAR ON TWO FRONTS (summary) Western Front

In 1942, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt issued a statement that the western allies would work as quickly as possible to open a second front to relieve pressure on the Soviets.

(summary) Eastern Front

When Operation Barbarossa began, Russia looked to the Western Allies for help. As the German forces rolled across the Russian borders, initially the Russian troops fell back time after time. But when the siege of Leningrad became stagnant and the attack on Moscow was stalled, Russian troops began to turn the tide. Many consider the Battle of Stalingrad the definitive turning point where the Russian troops dealt their

In military terminology, a two-front war is a war in which fighting takes place on two geographically separate fronts. It is usually executed by two or more separate forces simultaneously or nearly simultaneously, in the hope that their opponent will be forced to split their fighting force to deal with both threats, therefore reducing their odds of success. Where one of the contending forces is surrounded, the fronts are called interior lines. Known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved countries including all of the great powers which lead to forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people. The war on two fronts was the western being the commonwealth forces as well as the American forces and on the eastern front we had the soviet forces or modern Russia.

The Western

Codenamed Operation Market-Garden. Dropping on September 17, 1944, American airborne divisions met with success, though the advance of the British Armor was slower than expected hold it against increasingly Fighting their way into the town, they succeeded in capturing the bridge, but were unable to heavy opposition. Having captured a copy of the Allied battle plan, the Germans could crush the 1st Airborne, inflicting 77% casualties.

Battle of the Bulge

As the situation in the west worsened, Hitler began planning a major counteroffensive designed to recapture Antwerp and split the Allies' forces. Hitler hoped that such a victory would prove demoralizing for the Allies. the German offensive struck a weak point in the Allied lines near the junction of the 21st and 12th Army Groups. Overrunning several divisions that were either raw or refitting, the Germans swiftly advanced towards the Meuse River. American forces fought a valiant rear-guard action at St. Vith and the 101st Airborne, were surrounded in the town of Bastogne. When the Germans demanded their surrender.

Allied Counterattack Battle of the