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Why did the Soviets halt their offensive against the Germans after beginning to push back the Germans the Soviets halted Why?
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When, specifically, do you refer to ? The War in the East was massive. Britain & the US put much into the supply of war materiel by means of the Murmansk Convoys, but to supply the whole of the Red Army was a massive undertaking. Therefore I am saying that the idea of marching on Berlin from Stalingrad, given that the Russians effectively recaptured the whole of eastern Europe on the way, was a huge venture, however generous the West may have been. And though the US did supply tanks & so on to the Russians I see pictures of T34s & Kv1s & 2s rather than Shermans fighting off Panthers & Tigers. Despite the lack of German successes in their retreat it is undeniable that their defence was solid throughout: It was no easy fight for the Russians, no more so than in the West post D Day. To get to (I'm thinking) the point of the question, the Russians had no interest whatsoever in the establishment of a free democratic Poland, or free democratic anywhere else: The seeds of the 'Cold War' had alredy been sown. Stalin knew he would be the dominant figure in post war Europe & he was determined to establish the Warsaw Pact long before it took place in fact. Stalin was therefore determined to benefit Russia as he saw it and anyone who opposed him would suffer the consequences. But it does deserve re statement: The War in the East was a far greater conflict than any other theatre in WW2.
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When and why did the initiative in World War 2 pass out of the Nazi's hands?
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Stalingrad was a large city, with over a million people living in it. It's difficult for an army to capture such a large city in a short time, especially in Russia in the winter- Russian winters are notoriously fierce. So the Germans bogged down while the Soviets fought hard to resist. At the same time, the Soviet successfully brought other armies around the sides to surround the German forces. The armies guarding the German sides were from other countries like Romania, Hungary, and Italy- and these armies weren't quite as good as the German ones. The Soviets were able to sweep them aside and encircle the Germans. The Germans tried to keep fighting despite having Soviets on all sides- Hitler insisted that his forces never surrender, and tried to have airplanes drop supplies to his starving, freezing soldiers. After about three months of encirclement, the Germans were forced to surrender. The Germans lost a major part of their military, and the Soviets finally started an offensive to fight back against the invaders.
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Where was the location of allied offensive against German forces in 1943?
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When and why did the initiative in World War 2 pass out of the Nazi's hands?
In North Africa if Passed out of the Nazi hands after the Battle of El Alamien in Egypt. The British beat the Germans in the battle and supplies were so short that the Axis force did not even have enough fuel to retreat. As a result the Germans seized all of the fuel for themselves to escape. In the Germans' campaign against the Soviet Union, The Germans held the initiative the Soviets were able to take it in the Battle for Moscow. The Germans were able to take the initiative again several times until the Battle of Kursk, in which the German High Command, drunk on the power of their new super-weapons such as the Tiger tank chose a head on slugging match against a massively fortified salient instead of attacking where the enemy was weakest as they had done previously. The attack ended in a defeat so costly that not only were the Soviets able to counter-attack, but to force the Germans onto the defenseive for the rest of the war.
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