Why was it considered the turning point of the war?

Answer 1

When Hitler's planes initialy started bombing Britain, they targeted the RAF's airfields, in an attempt to destroy the RAF. However, when one of the German bombers accidentaly bombed London, the British retaliated by bombing Berlin. Infuriated, Hitler ordered all of his bombers to begin bombing London, lifting the destructive attacks on the airfields. If Hitler had not been so short tempered in this decision, then the RAF would have been destroyed (as it was all ready on its knees from the intense bombings before the bombing of London began, allowing the RAF to recover), and Hitler could have invaded Britain. This may very well have won the war for Germany.

Also, the infamous attack on Pearl Harbour by the Japanese brought the United States into the war on the side of the Allies. If this had not happened, then the Nazis would almost certainly have won the war.

Also, the arogance and over-confidence of the Nazi dictator led to his refusal to send winter supplies with his troops when he invaded Russia, confident of a victory before winter. He underestimated the resistance put up by the Russia military and people however, which was bitter, determined and defining. The harsh resistance slowed the German advance, and thus they had not achieved their goals by the time winter came, and when it did, their fate was sealed. The harsh Russian winter completely halted the German advance; their vehicles became inoperable, they couldn't even touch the metal of their guns it was so cold, and many German soldiers froze to death, since they had no anti-freeze for the vehicles, not coats, and not even gloves.

Another defining point was the Allied Victory at "the Battle of the Bulge", where a sudden and massive German counter attack almost drove the Allies back westward in Europe. The German tanks, however, again insufficiently supplied, ran out of gas, and the German offensive ground to a halt.

These are just some of the major turning points of the war, which I am most familiar with, but there are many others.

Yes, the war in the east, Russia, saw a turning point at Stalingrad. Once the Russians gained the initiative they were never really countered, Kharkov & Kursk excepted, in moving towards Berlin. Leningrad & Moscow were not on the German agenda thereafter. Previous German advances would only have been sustained with the aid of tracked rather than wheeled support vehicles. In Africa the second battle of el Alamein was also a major turning point: 'Before it we never had a victory, after never a defeat' said Churchill, not quite true, but the point remains. The arrival of the US forces in the Torch landings secured North Africa & made Italy accessable to invasion in turn. The great turning point in the Pacific came relatively early in that theatre: The Battle of Midway. It ensured the US Carrier borne air force wold dominate the skies, despite great efforts from the Japanese in subsequent hard fought engagements. On land, in Burma the British eventually overcame the Japanese in the battles of Imphal & Kohima, a war largely ignored, Slims' generalship doesn't get the recognition it deserves. And of them all, the greatest turning point was D Day: the re entrance of the Allies into France made victory sure, but it would still be nearly a year into the future.

Answer 2

because some of the battles won gave advantages to some country's such as the sinking of the Bismarck depleted the German Kriegsmarine.