Why Did Germany Lose Ww2

It is 1942, Nazi Germany has penetrated almost the entirety of Europe. Japanese forces were occupying the Canadian and U.S. Navy, and Air Force. Meanwhile, France had just been completely taken over. England received daily bombings from the Luftwaffe ultimately shaking its civilians to the core. Germany was a force to be reckoned with. A locomotive heading full speed towards the destruction of the world and Nazi victory. Then came Stalingrad. This Russian city became the most influential, and pivotal point in WW2, as it had stopped Nazi momentum and led the allies to victory. Nazi Germany had built up their powerful momentum with victories across Europe, and ultimately almost won the war. At the begging of the war, Nazi Germany had conquered

Once Nazi Germany had attacked many of the smaller countries, he had built up the confidence to attack France. France at the time, was one of the strongest militaristic powers in Europe, but once Hitler came through in 1940, there wasn’t much left. Almost, Europe in its entirety had been defeated by Nazi Germany. The significance of this is major. At this time, Europe held most of the strong militaries. African and South American countries had not developed weapons to the same degree, and for Asia… the strongest asian militaristic force, Japan had just joined Germany. The defeat of Europe could have been total control for Nazi Germany. Although they had already joined the war, United States of America was not in their pinnacle condition military wise, and very easily could have been invaded as well. Nazi Germany was so close towards obtaining total world invasion. All they had to do was push past the last strong force that was in their way; USSR. Initially, the USSR and Nazi Germany and signed a Nazi-Soviet non aggression pact which ultimately meant that neither country was going to declare war against each other. This actually was part of the reason why Germany was so successful in the early stages of the war, for it

The momentum continued to build up and pushed them to the verge of total world invasion. The weight of the world was now put upon a small soviet groups hidden within the walls of their city. A city named after their leader Stalin himself; Stalingrad. Stalingrad was a crucial battle for both sides, for Nazi Germany, it was one of the last obstacles they would have to overcome in order to take down the USSR. This city was also in a very important strategic spot. The Volga river would allow Nazi troops to transport their resources such as oil, food, and medical needs through the rest of Russia. For the Nazis, it was also significant symbolically for both sides, “We thought that if we could cut off Stalingrad, and with that the volga, the war would be as good as over.” (Gerhard Dengler, History Channel). The 6th army of Nazi Germany bombed the city into rubble. This would be the closest Nazi Germany would get to winning the war. The Germans suspected that with all of the bombing, there wouldn’t be much of an army left to fight, and decided to proceed into the city of Stalingrad. As the 6th army flooded the city, the outnumbered Soviet soldiers began to slaughter the Nazis, “On such a harsh battlefield and with no promise of survival the Soviets kept fighting to the last man, for the defense of their city. The Russians were willing to do whatever it took to defeat the Germans, even if that meant certain death.” (Davis Liddil, UCA.EDU,