Reasons the allies won ww2

    Cards (5)

    • German errors:
      evidence - lack of trust between hitler and generals (bomb plot), overconfidence, failure of Operation Barbarossa

      explanation - lack of trust led to poor decision making 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 6 1944 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
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