To what extent did the USSR involvement in World War Two help shape the war?
Talk about: land/air/sea battles, international relations, industrial suffrage to fight on
It was 1941, Germany under the control of Adolf Hitler had taken over most of Europe and more: From France to Poland to Norway to Algeria. Most of Europe was overrun, forced into the third Reich or made as a German Puppet state. On the 22th of July, Germany launched a massive campaign named Operation Barbarossa to destroy the communist threat and to gain vital land from the USSR. The operation was to use their previously used blitzkrieg to capture the key cities Leningrad (old capital), Moscow, and the oil fields near Stalingrad. The key battles that changed history were fought on all fronts, land, sea and the air. International relations were created from opposite ideologies with the Allies democracy and the USSR (and puppets) communism. The USSR also went through human suffrage to continue the fight and make its industry in to a powerhouse to …show more content…
These battles by the soviets/Germans were essentially the turning point of the war as the tide changed in favour of the allies . An example of a major victory for the soviets was the battle of Stalingrad where the soviets stopped the German advance into the USSR and killed between 250,000 to 800,000 Axis soldiers . Another significant battle is the battle of Kursk where 500 German tanks were completely destroyed beyond repair . But the achievement that shows the USSR major involvement in WW2 was in April 1945, the battle of Berlin. The battle of Berlin is marked as the end of the war in Europe as Adolf Hitler committed suicide and the surrender of the German army . This clearly shows the USSR had a massive involvement in the war if it was the country who took their
Talk about: land/air/sea battles, international relations, industrial suffrage to fight on
It was 1941, Germany under the control of Adolf Hitler had taken over most of Europe and more: From France to Poland to Norway to Algeria. Most of Europe was overrun, forced into the third Reich or made as a German Puppet state. On the 22th of July, Germany launched a massive campaign named Operation Barbarossa to destroy the communist threat and to gain vital land from the USSR. The operation was to use their previously used blitzkrieg to capture the key cities Leningrad (old capital), Moscow, and the oil fields near Stalingrad. The key battles that changed history were fought on all fronts, land, sea and the air. International relations were created from opposite ideologies with the Allies democracy and the USSR (and puppets) communism. The USSR also went through human suffrage to continue the fight and make its industry in to a powerhouse to …show more content…
These battles by the soviets/Germans were essentially the turning point of the war as the tide changed in favour of the allies . An example of a major victory for the soviets was the battle of Stalingrad where the soviets stopped the German advance into the USSR and killed between 250,000 to 800,000 Axis soldiers . Another significant battle is the battle of Kursk where 500 German tanks were completely destroyed beyond repair . But the achievement that shows the USSR major involvement in WW2 was in April 1945, the battle of Berlin. The battle of Berlin is marked as the end of the war in Europe as Adolf Hitler committed suicide and the surrender of the German army . This clearly shows the USSR had a massive involvement in the war if it was the country who took their