Eastern Front of WWII

Soviet Victory in the Eastern Front Secured Allied Victory in World War II

Introduction

The Second World War (1939 - 1945 ) was the most devastating and dreadful in the history of humanity . As the German troops and its allies advances in the western and eastern fronts of Europe as well as in Africa the Middle East and Asia , thousands of lives were lost and the damaged to property was almost incalculable . Perhaps fifty million people died both soldiers and civilians (Perry 713

In the early days and months of the war , it

seems that the Allied forces was in the losing end of the battle as European nations were invaded and occupied by the German Nazi forces . The Allied powers (Britain and France ) were no matched for the German army for the former were not prepared for the war . Meanwhile , Adolf Hitler decided to invade the Soviet Union so that in the Eastern Front a fierce war broke out on June 22 , 1941 . Victory looks inevitable for Germany as they surrounded the city of Leningrad , and advances towards Moscow and Stalingrad However , the Russian armies and civilians put up a courageous stand refusing to surrender to Nazi troops for three years amidst the loss of lives in fighting and starvation . Soviet Union 's courageous resistance to German invasion was a major factor in the Allies ' ultimate victory in Europe , as the Germans suffered critical losses and depletion of resources on the war in the Eastern Front (Perry 700-713

This discusses why the Soviet victory in the eastern front was critical for allied victory in the Second World War . The condition of the Allies in the western front is described as well as the situation in the eastern front where Germany suffered its major losses

Allied defeat in the western front

By the time that Hitler invaded the Soviet Union , he was already successful in conquering and occupying most of Europe and rendered the Allied forces in the western front almost at his mercy . There are several reasons for this

Germany was prepared to dominate Europe

Germany 's invasion of other European nations was planned in spite of the world 's efforts to prevent another world war . The Treaty of Versailles as part of its provision for Germany , ed the nation to reduce its army , limiting it only to 100 ,000 to ensure that it will not indulge in another foolish idea of starting another war which the world had horribly witnessed and endured in 1914-1918 . However , Adolf Hitler , the German Fuhrer , rose to power in the early 1930 's . His first step in restoring Germany 's power was to rebuild its military forces , which the Versailles Treaty forbade . Under the Weimar Republic , Germany had begun secretly to rearm on a small scale . In 1935 , Hitler openly declared that Germany would build a peacetime army of 550 ,000 men . This was a clear violation of the Treaty of Versailles (Perry 696

In 1939 , the German Imperial Office for Economic Planning of...