Operations research

Introduction Coinciding with the Nazi takeover in 1933, Germany began a belligerent rearmament of the Wehrmacht by taking advantage of political and ideological strains in Europe and Russia. By rearming and reforming the German military, Hitler hoped to secure Germany’s global dominance by creating a powerful striking force, capable of rapid mobilization and decisive victory. In part, historians attribute Germany’s ability to rearm to liberating appeasement policies; however, another…

The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany renounced war between the two countries, giving the Soviet Union much needed time to strengthen itself before Germany’s certain betrayal. Through the pact, Russia was not only promised half of Poland, a territory which had been under Russian sovereignty before World War I, but the Baltic States and Bulgaria. Although Ribbentrop, under the guidance of Hitler, most likely didn’t assume that Russia was ever planning to expand…

Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union drastically changed the course of World War II from that point on. Since nothing was changing on the Western front, Hitler turned to the East. He decided the time had officially come to create living space for the German people. His attack on the Soviets came as a surprise to Stalin, but later contributed to Hitler’s downfall. Hitler also ordered the killing or imprisonment of Jews, Communists, and people who were suspected of anti-German activity. When…

be achieved during the summer months of 1941” (Simkin, “Operation Barbarossa”). The Blitzkrieg tactic helped the German armies break through the Soviet lines and push deeper into Soviet territory. But the Russian armies stopped the advancing Germans at Moscow, Stalingrad, and Leningrad, because there were too many Soviet soldiers in the cities for the German armies to fight. The German armies could not push forward anymore (Simkin, "Operation Barbarossa"). So Hitler’s plan was to make the Soviet…

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 consisted of: U.S., Britain, France, USSR,…

Omaha and Utah by the British 2nd Army and the American 1st Army. He planed the organization, landing, and supply of the world’s mightiest amphibious invasion. “Operation Overlord” was the plan’s official code-name. The outcome of the war was dependent on the plan’s success. The allied soldiers trained long and hard for Operation…

World War II brought advanced forms of military tactics and maneuvers to the battle stage. The most prominent tactic for the Germans rapidly became the Blitzkrieg military strategy. Blitzkrieg accurately translates to “lightning war” and to Hitler this meant launching a substantial number of military units extremely rapidly in order destroy the opposition 's defense. The basis behind this war tactic is the concept of “combined arms.” The design called for numerous types of military units all at…

On September 1, 1939 Nazi Germany is invading Poland by using a new German tactic called Blitzkrieg, Poland surrenders on October 6, 1939. Blitzkrieg is a German tactic created by Colonel Heinz Guderian, who studied the mobile warfare tactics from one British officer who was General J.F.C. Fuller ("The Concept of Blitzkrieg"). Fuller was the one who studied the Blitzkrieg tactic first, but the British didn’t really care about this tactic. Only German leaders like Heinz studied this tactic…

Adolf Hitler 's reign of terror was known in every country around the world during World War II. With his powerful speeches and charismatic personality he was able to rise to power very quickly in Nazi Germany, however no one knew this man would soon start another world war. Up to 1941, Hitler and Nazi army enjoyed a string of military successes, conquering most of Eastern Europe. During this time, Germany had always seen Russia as their main enemy because they were afraid of the Russians trying…

German armies controlled the European Continent for the majority of World War II until June of 1944. June 6th, 1944 is arguably the greatest turning point in World War II. Planning large-scale attacks on five heavily guarded beaches was a prevalent concern of the Allies. Landing on each of those five beaches was an even greater challenge. However one must learn to walk before we can run, preparation was a major key to the success of these attacks. While D-Day was never officially planned…