P-47 Thunder Bolt And The Bazooka

American tanks were much quicker than other tanks, but with the downside of lighter armor. The reason American tanks were so cheap and were not of high quality was because they were mass produced and were made with thinner armor than Germany’s late war tanks. America also had to transport these tanks over an ocean to Europe, so the tanks had to be light. The Americans had produced forty eight thousand Sherman tanks during the war, making it the most produced tank during that time (Fleming 16). Two things that had helped the Americans during the war were the P-47 Thunder Bolt and the Bazooka. The P-47 Thunder Bolt was a plane that was used to break up Germany armor concentrations, clearing the way for the division’s advance. The Bazooka could

During World War II, Germany signed a peace treaty with the Soviet Union so that they could invade Poland without the Soviet Union becoming suspicious of them for getting so close to their borders. But that treaty was broken when Germany started Operation Barbarossa. The Germans were extremely close to taking over the Soviet Union. All they had to do was take Stalingrad and that would cripple the Soviet Union. But before they could take the city, the Soviets made an unbreakable defense. Christie, An American Engineer, created Russia’s famous tank, the T-34, for money because he was badly in need of cash (Fleming 12). Soviet T-34’s had sloped armor that was difficult for German tanks to penetrate. Even though they were cheap, mass-produced tanks, their revolutionary design let them stand against the powerful German tanks. There were many different T-34 designs and improvements during the duration of the war, but the two best designs were the original and the T-34/85. The Soviets also had made some very powerful tank

All they really had were Panzer III’s, Panzer 38(t)’s, Panzer II’s and even Panzer I’s. These tanks were not made to really counter enemy tanks, rather they were made to support infantry, which helped with their Blitzkriegs. The Soviet T-34’s completely destroyed the German tanks. Germany’s tanks couldn’t pierce through the T-34’s sloped armor. This was huge because the Soviet Union’s infantry had outdated rifles that they had been using since World War I. The Soviets were making so many T-34’s that the Germans focused their bombing on Soviet factories and industry buildings. A reason that the Soviets could make so many tanks was due to the Socialist Union in Russia. Russia is a country that is rich with resources, the Soviets built factories everywhere they could and a huge majority of the population worked in these factories. But a huge factor that affected the war was the population difference in the two countries. Russia had many more people than Germany had, and majority of the men in Russia fought in the war for their homeland. Soviets basically overwhelmed the enemy with their population. Millions of Soviets charged into the battle, they would not stop for anything. The Soviet tanks became less effective once the Germans created its counter, the Tiger tank. But the Tiger tanks broke down and could not be