Operation Barbarossa

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…

The Hitler-Stalin pact is an amazing topic because the pact was made up of the two most hated dictators of the 1800s and both Hitler and Stalin made many countries fear them and try to ally with them. The pact had a lot of victories and destructions against other countries, but then the pact ended with Hitler 's dead and Germany 's defeat in WWII. The pact shows the ups and downs of having a pact with two greedy dictators that would do anything to gain power and expand their empires. There are…

During the war against the Soviet Union, the Germans faced considerable resistance from the Soviet Partisans. The Soviet Partisans were an extension of the Red Army and the Soviet government, and waged guerilla warfare against the occupying German forces, with the ultimate goal of forcing a German retreat. When the Germans invaded, there were Partisan bands already in place however they still lacked strength due to Stalin’s purges. In January 1941, the partisans numbered around 30,000, and…

Name: ANG, Jose Mari P. Title of Film: Schindler’s list 1. Summarize the film. The film is about a German businessman named Oskar Schindler, who dreams of making it big in Poland. Although at first his goal was to make money, after witnessing the massacre of Jews by the Nazis his goal shifted to saving as many Jews as he can. Schindler continued to operate his owned factory as a means to protect and house the Jews under him, even bribing high ranking officials for his goals. The war ended…

Joseph Stalin’s Industrialization of the Country, 1928, represents his all-encompassing sweeping push to reform The Soviet Union into a country that would have the technological and industrial capabilities to play a large role in the international affairs of the world. As it occurred through some periods of Russia’s history, starting with Peter the Great’s push for urbanization, Stalin desired to transform the USSR from a “backwater” nation into a force that could be on-par with some of the most…

The film also wants to expose “bad press” about Stalin as false. It shows us “the real Stalin.” Here, Stalin is portrayed by Mikhail Gelovani, the Georgian who looks extremely like him, and who spent a great amount of time trying to sound and act like Stalin. The film can be called a pure fabrication, as it showed Stalin as a caring leader, who was only strict when it came to the military conflicts. Generally, he was pretty easy-going and pleasant to talk to, according to the film. Nowadays,…

Throughout the history of the United States Military there were several different uniform styles they would wear during battle. From long sleeve shirts to bullet proof vests. The late 18th century was characterized by tight fitted smallclothes. But around the time of the second world war uniforms were slightly different. “On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the west; two days later, France and Britain declared war on Germany, beginning World War II. On September 17, Soviet troops…

Adolf hitler Vs. Joseph Stalin This is showing the similarities and differences between two of the world's harshest and cruelest dictators in history Adolf HItler and Joseph Stalin. Some similarities are that they were both dictators and harsh rulers, they both promised progression, and they both killed millions of innocent people. Some differences between these two powerful and demanding leaders is that Stalin was for communism and against capitalism while Hitler was for capitalism and he…

the operation overload during the Second World War, it cost the allies more than 9,000. Although they did win the battle that was so significant it was and still is the largest invasion in history that has ever existed. What happened during D-day at Normandy and how did it affect the war? The soviets gained ground at Stalingrad and at North Africa, the Stalin continued to call for an invasion of Europe after Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin all met up in Tehran for a conference. The operation…

Two key events in European history were the collectivization that occurred in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin and the final solution in Nazi occupied Europe, courtesy of Adolf Hitler. There were many similarities and differences between these two events. Although there is some variation between the two occurrences, both irrevocably changed Europe and the world. The process of collectivization was a policy of forced consolidation of peasant households into collective farms and it was…