On the 8th of May, 1945, the bloodiest war in human history, which lasted for 6 years and concluded with 58 million deaths1, officially ended. However, it was the Red Army 's participation since 1941, which played by far the most notable and crucial role in the defeat of the Nazis, nevertheless it would have not been able to accomplish this without the help of the US, and the catalystic miscalculations of Hitler 's Nazi Germany.
One of the main reasons for the Allied powers winning the war, was the number of critical miscalculations which Hitler had made throughout it, which led the the acceleration of the Allied victory. One of the greatest examples of this was during the battle of Britain, in 19402, when Hitler miscalculated the force of the RAF, which …show more content…
Large miscalculations were repeated in the same year, when Hitler managed to disregard 340,0003 British troops located at Dunkirk, while he was concentrating on planning his invasion of the USSR. This allowed for the majority of the soldiers to retreat, and therefore Hitler lost the chance to seriously dent and demoralise the British army, which could have served as a large step towards German victory. However, Hitler 's miscalculation of the invasion of the USSR was arguably the reason as to why the Nazis lost the second world war. In 1941 Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa4, which was the invasion of the USSR, who at the time, had signed a peace treaty with Germany. An obvious weakness was that Hitler was now going to have to fight on two fronts, compared to one previously, which would be hard to sustain. Additionally, there was another major flaw in the Operation- it was planned to be executed in the summer of 1941, however it was only by the winter months that German troops were beginning to advance to St Petersburg and Moscow, but most importantly the troops were equipped with summer equipment, and the lack of proper supplies and preparation against the harsh Russian
One of the main reasons for the Allied powers winning the war, was the number of critical miscalculations which Hitler had made throughout it, which led the the acceleration of the Allied victory. One of the greatest examples of this was during the battle of Britain, in 19402, when Hitler miscalculated the force of the RAF, which …show more content…
Large miscalculations were repeated in the same year, when Hitler managed to disregard 340,0003 British troops located at Dunkirk, while he was concentrating on planning his invasion of the USSR. This allowed for the majority of the soldiers to retreat, and therefore Hitler lost the chance to seriously dent and demoralise the British army, which could have served as a large step towards German victory. However, Hitler 's miscalculation of the invasion of the USSR was arguably the reason as to why the Nazis lost the second world war. In 1941 Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa4, which was the invasion of the USSR, who at the time, had signed a peace treaty with Germany. An obvious weakness was that Hitler was now going to have to fight on two fronts, compared to one previously, which would be hard to sustain. Additionally, there was another major flaw in the Operation- it was planned to be executed in the summer of 1941, however it was only by the winter months that German troops were beginning to advance to St Petersburg and Moscow, but most importantly the troops were equipped with summer equipment, and the lack of proper supplies and preparation against the harsh Russian