forward. Dirt roads were commonly impassable and supply trucks broke through the gravel-topped roads leaving the German armies using horse and cart to carry supplies from Germany and through Russia. The loss of German tanks and other motorised equipment was extremely high during the Autumn of 1941, with average of 1 tank surviving out of every ten. For example the second Panzer group lost 60% of it’s tanks by getting bogged down in the mud. This was a serious loss as no replacements were received. (http://www
ended on September 2nd, 1945, when the last Axis nation, Japan, surrendered. Nazi Germany was gaining momentum while they were conquering different nation, making alliances and also becoming very confident. This confidence of world dominance may have led Germany to take on more than they could handle. On the other hand, the United States was a very powerful nation but they were trying their best to stay out of the rising tensions around the world. Though initially reluctant the United States soon
The SS-Einsatzgruppen truly deserve the title, Masters of Death. The SS began their operation for lebensraum, more living space for the German Aryan race. In order for Adolf Hitler to achieve lebensraum he would have to find ways to get rid of those who were not considered worthy enough. The best and simplest way of achieving that to Hitler was to commit genocide among the Jews. The SS first started as Hitler’s own personal bodyguard force that eventually grew into its own army of death squads, “that
schooling as second lieutenant of artillery in the French Army and returned to his homeland, Corsica, in 1786. As Napoleon began to grow into his late teens, he went off into the French Army in artillery. Napoleon was also a rising politician, taking what little he had learned from his late father and using it to strengthen his reputation in France and continue to grow his love for power and