evidence - lack of trust between hitler and generals (bomb plot), overconfidence, failure of Operation Barbarossa
explanation - lack of trust led to poor decisionmaking and morale, overconfidence led to overambitious and lack of caution, failure of Operation Barbarossa led to loss of good soldiers and morale
link - if these errors hadn't been made, German army would have avoided losing a lot of strength, making them more evenly matched with the allies
USA resources and strength:
evidence - lend lease program, help at D-Day, industry for making weapons (over 26000 tanks)
explanation - lend lease allowed them to help before they were really involved in the war, D-Day opened up a third front and USA helped a lot with it, weapons provided allowed allies to build up power easily
link - resources provided ensured allies were always able to be one step ahead of the germans and capitalise on any German errors
Soviet strength:
evidence - won battle of Stalingrad, kept a third front open for Germany, peoples war instead of just military war
explanation - winning battle of Stalingrad was Germany's first major loss and also killed a lot of soldiers, third front stretched resources thin, and having so many people contributing meant more could be done will less effort
link - the third front provided baby the soviets gave the USA and Britain the opportunity to liberate Europe, and they also lowered German morale a lot
British empire:
evidence - soldiers and resources supplied from colonies (India gave 2.5 million soldiers)
explanation - meant that Britain didn't immediately lose when France was out of the war and they had no allies
link - without empire Britain would never have had opportunity to win, as the war would have ended much earlier
D-day and allied bombing:
evidence - D-day June 61944 opened up a third front, bombing of Dresden in feb 1945
explanation - D-day opening another front allowed for Europe to be liberated faster, bombing of Dresden (road and rail hub) and other major cities stunted German industry
link - D-day stretched Germany's resources thin, and the bombing meant there were less resources to begin with, weakening the German forces