Hitler's Mistakes During World War Two

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Hitler's Mistakes During World War Two In the beginning of the war Hitler seemed unbeatable. By 1941, Hitler had used his blitzkrieg attack to overcome his opponents in a short space of time. This offensive was effective and successful against Poland, Holland, and France. Hitler still had to make some crucial decisions in the war if Germany were to be victorious. In this essay I will explore the decisions Hitler made and decide whether these were appropriate decisions or foolish decisions. Hitler’s decision to invade Russia on the June 22nd 1941, as opposed to the planned January 1941 proved fatal. This took the wind out of Germany’s sails and proved costly. The Russian troops were able to drag on the war to the winter of 1941. The harsh Russian weather proved unbearable for the German troops. Therefore Germany failed to overcome Russia (1941) because of the timing of the invasion. The reason Hitler postponed the invasion of Russia was because he did not see Russia as a challenge for Germanys lightening speed blitzkrieg attack. Hitler thought that he would be able to defeat Russia in a sort space of time. This was a mistake on Hitler’s behalf as this proved damaging. At the same time as Hitler had first planned to invade Russia, Germanys allies, Italy, were attacking North Africa and were in need of resources and troops. Hitler used Germanys troops and resources to help his Italian allies overcome North Africa. Hitler would not be able to invade Russia at this time; he would be disadvantaged due to lack of resources and troops. However this cannot be classed as Hitler’s mistake but an allied weakness, which had a great effect on... ... middle of paper ... ... is what lost the war for Germany. Looking back on the war as a historian it is clear that in the years of 1941 and 1942 things started to wrong for Germany due to Hitler’s decisions. Early signs of things going against Germany was defeat in the Atlantic, considerable loss of troops in Russia and America declaring war on Germany. These were the first signs of things going against Hitler. After 1941 things went downhill. Large scaled allied attacks on Germany began and America won the naval battle of midway. After this it was as though Germany had a gaping whole in it inviting Britain and America to take back land Germany had gained during the war. After Britain and Americas attacks there was no way back for Hitler, Russia proceeded into Berlin the heart of the nazi rule. Hitler’s nazi rule had come to an end.

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