Axis powers

receive help from anyone. Unfortunately the person who rose to power and filled that void was Adolph Hitler. As the rest of Europe watched, Germany occupied several countries including France, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and the Netherlands. Soon after Hitler formed the Third Reich and World War II started, the Germans invaded Poland in 1939 (Barnes & Noble XV). For five years the battles raged throughout Europe between the Allies and the Axis. June 6th, 1944 marked D-day, the most pivotal point…

France declared war on their German neighbour (Layton, 1992). In the end, the Allied forces celebrated their victory against their opponents in 1945, but the outcome of the war wasn’t thanks to Allied strategic successes but to the mistakes of the Axis powers that led to their inevitable downfall. The mistakes that caused the result of the Second World War can be seen in the events of Operation Barbarossa, the Battle of Britain and the Evacuation of Dunkirk. Operation Barbarossa, a plan drafted…

However, despite what some would consider major problems like mistrust between senior leaders and an inability to integrate the air component operationally, the allied command achieved pre-determined objectives. While the Axis Force was provided a small victory in their successful withdrawal of troops and equipment, it was mitigated by the Allied gains in training and battle experience. The cautious and conservative approach by Strategic Leaders was likely due in part to…

different reasons and conditions. President Roosevelt acted to protect his country, and Hitler acted in prejudice towards people with different religious beliefs, views or race than him for power. When President Roosevelt set up the internment camps, he set them up to protect his country from the axis powers, the Japanese.…

because the Allies recaptured Rome in June, 1944 and won the war in 1945 with the D-Day Invasion in 1944. The rivalry between O’Flaherty and Kappler ended in a victory for Monsignor because Kappler was captured in 1945 and was questioned by the Allied powers for the crimes he committed during the war. Also, he learns that his wife and children were smuggled into Switzerland and Kappler secretly knows it was Monsignor O’Flaherty who did it because previously, he had asked Monsignor to save his…

soldiers and families had to go through. Before the attack was even planned the Japanese government was going to invade Malaya, the Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore and others. They wanted to do this because Japan wanted to broaden the war and gain power. These places…

Throughout the Second World War, Spain was a non-aggressive state that was not engaged in any type of warfare. When WWII was about to begin and countries were starting to pick alliances, Spain was just recovering from a three yearlong civil war. By that time Spain was inflicted with poverty, the people were starving, and the Spaniards had their share of war. Keeping in mind all the pressure that was put on Spain to join the war, Franco was smart enough to play the system and benefit from…

east. Poland did not last long which made it easy for Germany and the Soviet to have power over the nation. The war than broke out in the west as Germany attacked Norway and then leading to Germany taking over Denmark. Germany eventually attacked majority if not all of the West by 1941. In 1941 Operation Barbarossa was put into action. Leading to the alliance of Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria who joined the Axis which already consisted of: Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and Japan. The Allies…

fighting force to repel the Wehrmacht in the west. Consequently, the Allied Powers secured a substantial advantage over the Axis Powers with regards to gross domestic product and manpower. For this reason, the persistence of the Soviet Union as an active belligerent in the Second World War was imperative for Allied success in Europe. Though, had the Soviet Union collapsed within those first few critical months, the Axis powers would have secured their position within Europe as the indisputable…

Italy he created foreign policy objectives, affected countries with his policies, and signed the “Pact of Steel”. While Benito Mussolini was the prime minister of Italy he aimed to make his country an unquestionable Great Power. To achieve the status of being a Great Power, Mussolini first created his foreign policy goals. However, Mussolini felt that his foreign policy goals were inhibited by England and France. As England and France kept the Italians from reaching their military bases in the…