Operation Crossroads

To encourage readers to better understand topics that either elicit a negative response or provide a demanding challenge to comprehend, many authors make use of allegorical connections to connect difficult topics to easier, more simple ones. One may perceive Stalin during World War II as a more difficult subject. During this time, Stalin played a role of dictator of Russia. He ruled his people with an iron fist, earning himself the title of “Man of Steel”. He possessed much influence during…

Germany’s Demand for Resources The initial strategy of Germany was known as Blitzkrieg, meaning “lightning war” in German. Germany forcing the Allied powers into psychological shock, resulted in disorganization amongst the Allied powers through the use of surprise, speed, and superiority through material or firepower. Germany benefited from Blitzkrieg by taking over most of Europe and some of North Africa. After Germany had used Blitzkrieg, they ended up realizing they bit off more than they…

the date when the Allies invaded northern France and took it over from the Nazis, changing the course of the war, confirming that the Nazis would face a total defeat. In order for this invasion to succeed, a highly advanced deception plan called Operation Fortitude was created in order to mislead the Nazis about the invasion plan. Pujol, of course, was involved in this scheme. Adam Lusher, a journalist for The Independent, reports that Pujol was "culminating in the ultimate triumph: a leading…

Many troops got lost or were late, similar to prior rehearsals of Operation Rutter. The first, on June 12th, 1942, ended disastrously with many of the soldiers getting lost, arriving late and even landing on the wrong beaches. The second rehearsal, on June 23rd, fared slightly better, however, some of the troops still arrived late. One might wonder why, after seeing these disasters, Operation Jubilee was allowed to continue. Lastly, many errors were made during planning, such…

Turning point of the World War II World War II practically included every country in this world and was a major loss for humanity. Despite the diverse opinions of many historians, the Battle of Stalingrad is considered to be the turning point of World War II on Eastern front. The Eastern Front - a conflict in which Germany, Italy and Japan became a major threat to humanity. With Germany gaining victory battle by battle, there had to be a point where victory would come to the side of the defeated…

in Nazi Germany, most of these organs were rivals, hated each other and fought for influence. There was no co-operation and little co-ordination.” This was particularly evident within German Air Intelligence (GAI), whose role was greatly underestimated by high command, “manned with low quality personnel whose inputs were considered of limited usefulness to the conduct of future operations.” As such a number of key mistakes were made, giving rise to some of the poor decisions by Goering.…

the most important battles in World War II, D-Day, can often be recognized as Operation Overlord or Operation Neptune, when people refer to D-Day, they often think of storming the beaches of Normandy and forget about the other tactics involved in the invasion. Many often ask what the “D” in D-Day stands for. “In military terms, D-Day and H-Hour are sometimes used for the day and hour on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated.” Most times they are used when a date has not been…

The Dieppe Raid had several factors which led to its failure and cost many soldiers' lives including numerous Canadians. Many mistakes were made throughout the raid, which allowed the allies to gain knowledge of things to not do in the future. One of the main factors of the Dieppe disaster was that the whole raid was not fully nor properly planned. An event which was badly planned was the departure to Dieppe. The ships were to leave before dawn, where it is dark and the enemy would not be able…

Adolf Hitler started operation Barbarossa, a plan to invade the Soviet Union, and sent over 3 million german soldiers, 150 divisions and 3,000 tanks to ensure the Soviet Union would be taken. Operation Barbarossa is considered one of the most bloody battles in history with over 775,000 casualties on Germany’s side and 800,000 Soviets killed. The reason Hitler wanted so many units in the Soviet Union was because that Operation Barbarossa was a critical point in WW2. Operation Barbarossa ensured…

1941 marked the beginning of Operation Barbarossa; the largest military operation in history. Operation Barbarossa was Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. This paper will analyze the extent to which Operation Barbarossa was unsuccessful. The assessment will only focus on Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia between the years of 1941-1942. Operation Barbarossa had many key components and was an intricate invasion which was carried out with extreme precision. There were…