The Pros And Cons Of Operation Market Garden

In World War 2 there was a lot of similarities and differences in the strategies and tactics used in each theater of War. The leaders of each theater all had some different ideas for strategies and tactics. Also taking into account how different each theater was from the others that also shows that there would be some differences about how things were planned and carried out. The enemy being fought in each theater has to be taken into consideration when planning and doing things too. Each of these had to be taken into consideration when they were planning their strategies and eventually carrying them out.

Clearly, the Allied troops knowledge, planning and deception all played a major role in helping to defeat the German

If he had waited he may have given the German army more time to prepare themselves along with gathering more men for

The U.S. had run out of men, or at least found it very difficult to deploy more forces in the face of

To fully understand the importance of D-Day one must understand the battle from all aspects. As all of America knows D-Day, or “Operation Overlord”, was executed on June 6th, 1944. However, this was not the initial set date. Originally, the set date was for May

Winston worked with his allies Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin to defeat Hitler and the axis powers. Winston’s main strategy that his army from Great Britain and Franklin D. Roosevelt’s army from the United States would attack western Europe and northern Africa. Joseph Stalin's army would attack on the eastern front and try to stop the Nazi’s from invading their home of country of the U.S.S.R.. This plan successfully worked when the German army made one fatal mistake they tried to invade Russia and failed badly when they lost the battle Stalingrad losing many troops and supplies. This battle turned the outcome of the war as Churchill and Roosevelt made a invasion of the normandy coast in France which we now call D day. After that invasion the leaders met one last time at the Potsdam conference to decide what would happen after the allies won the war which at that point they knew they

The losses of lives and ships had dented the plan but the Allies pushed on. The inland conditions were horrific. The Allied troops had to break through roots of trees which had created barriers. Narrow roads obstructed the troops from traveling quickly through the land. The German troops had all been moved towards southern England as they had been informed that that is where the invasion was going to commence.

The USSR had a major advantage in this war; their ability to quickly produce war materials and large amount of manpower. In November 1943, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt met in Iran to discuss Stalin’s demand of opening a second front in Europe. Stalin feared the pressure the Red Army was under would create an attack opportunity for the Axis powers. Churchill and Roosevelt argued with Stalin that dropping troops behind enemy lines in West Europe would be too great of a risk. Joseph Stalin was ready to leave the Allies, but word of Operation Overlord convinced him to stay, hoping it would give him the second front he desired for his troops.

In the treaty, it it stated that, “...Germany must not exceed one hundred thousand men, including officers…” and it did keep Germany in check buy tensions were high among Germans about this new regulation (Doc B). This number was, “...devoted exclusively to the maintenance of order within the territory…” and basicly the military was turned into a police force that handles outbreaks within Germany (Doc B). If Germany were to ever pick a fight with any other country, they’d easily lose because of their miniature army. This sense of vulnerability made it difficult for the people of Germany to have pride in their

The Treaty stated, “ Germany must not exceed one hundred thousand men,”, (Doc B). Not only were they telling Germany how many troops they could have they also told them what to do with their troops. The Treaty also stated, “The army shall be devoted exclusively to the maintenance of order within the territory and to the control of the frontiers,” (Doc B). While other armies could of had as big of armies as they please, Germany is left with an unfair amount. Left with an unfair amount and being told what to do could of provoked Germany to start a

“This is undoubtedly the greatest American battle of the war, and will, I believe be regarded as an ever famous American victory.” Winston Churchill said these famous lines after the Americans had defeated the Germans in the battle of the bulge. It will forever go down in history as one of the greatest battles ever fought for it sealed up the last German offensive and ultimately caused the fall of berlin and the fall of the Nazis. It was midnight on December 16, 1944 in the Ardennes forest the German forces are about to unleash a last ditch offensive effort on the thinly spread untrained American and allied lines hoping to break thru and retake German territory. The allies were not ready for the German blitzkrieg.

The aftermath of this led the Germans to feel powerless. Although they did have a very large, well-trained force they ended up being outnumbered because they weren't fighting only one enemy, but most of their enemies, who also had greater stratagem. According to the website. Quota.com. Germany had lost World War 1.

The rocky shores of Dieppe, France, are littered with soldiers’ bodies, ruthlessly shot down by the Germans. The Nazis have been dominating European countries, which drove the Allies to take action- they raid Dieppe on August 19, 1942. The troops that volunteered to go on the perilous journey `consist of about 5000 Canadians, 1000 British Commandos, and 50 American Rangers, a mere 6050 men overall. They were led by Major-General J.H. Roberts, the military force commander, Captain J. Hughes-Hallett, the naval force commander, and Marshal T.L. Leigh-Mallory, the air force commander.

The Allied Invasion was a complete success, they were able to make their attack quick while the troops protecting France were small in number and not expecting attack. Prior to the invasion The Allies serving under General Patton, created a diversion. This deception was directed to confuse the Axis into thinking the invasion was to take place elsewhere. Known as “Patton’s Ghost Army”, its main goal was to convince the Axis command into believing that the Allied invasion would land in either Greece or the countries of Norway or Denmark. Because the Germans and other Axis troops did not know where the invasion would hit, they divided and tried to cover as much South Eastern European coastline as possible.

One of the earliest causes of the Allied Powers victory was the failure of the German Schlieffen Plan. Its aim was to occupy the France, coming through the Belgium, and then, when these would be under their control, it would create one big front to fight with Russia. Unfortunately, everything went wrong, Belgium soldiers were extremely brave, what delayed the German advance. Germany did not manage to break through to France as quickly as it intented to. Due to the "Treaty of London", which guaranteed the independence of Belgium, Britain declared war on Germany.