There were a few different technological advancements during the war, these were things from Jet planes to the Nuclear bomb. A lot of people may argue that the Nuclear Bomb was the most significant advance, but it only came around towards the end of the war. Communication advancements were evolving all the way throughout the war and I believe had the biggest impact on the war. Communication was key to carry out some of these timing, high speed attacks as planned. Without secure, fast and reliable communication methods, the different battalions would not have been able to coordinate some pincer attacks and flanks. Lots of attacks depended on this, plus without advancements they would have been unable to send coded messages or further plans or important army positioning.
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There were many points in the second world war where the allies seemed to have overturned the outcome of a region back into their favor. El Alamein was arguably the biggest turning point in the war. Given that it was a mechanized war Germany would struggle to fuel their Tank Empire to overpower the allies. Yet, I believe the most significant turning point in the war was the Battle of Stalingrad. If the Nazi Empire had defeated the Russians and taken over Stalingrad, that would have enabled the Nazi Empire to not only out position the Russians, but also allow them to take over the oil fields therefore eliminating a major threat on the east at the same time as funneling resources for the war on the west. With the Russian Victory, The German Empire was forced back by the Russian Rebels all the way back to Berlin. Russia became such a significant fighting force during the end of the war, if the Empire had taken their victory on Stalingrad they might have even won the war. But besides the Russians, the non-communist turning point was El Alamein, this was were Americans would have entered Europe from had they not attempted D-Day, granted a slower process, they would have still been able to overpower the Nazi Empire with overwhelming numbers, D-Day only brought the war to an end sooner. All in all, the Russians hold in their stand the most significant victory in the entirety of WWII.
After Germany invaded France, the remaining army was set up at dunkirk. They were surrounded by Germany and they had nowhere to go. The British army and civilians intervened. They evacuated 360 000 soldiers both British and French. This small victory was over celebrated. This meant that you cannot win a war by forfeiting fights. Yes, it was a success and the better idea was to evacuate; yet, that does not accomplish anything in the efforts towards winning the war except save soldiers and be a moral victory. Churchill insists that the people should not celebrate this as a war, only be happy it wasn't a complete disaster. The real war is yet to be fought and hopefully won. Wars are not won on evacuations he said. With this he probably meant that an evacuation doesn't mean you win, it means you didn't lose. To win this war they are going to have to attack back.
Saving Private Ryan was a film that showed some of the true colors of World War II. This hollywood interpretation of WWII was a very successful and highly acclaimed picture that has persevered over the years. One of the factors that brought this film success was its realism. Steven Spielberg was able to capture the atrocities and horrors of the second world war. One of the things that was interesting in this movie was the take the director took on the story, exposing the viewers to blood and gore so close to realistic levels that there were incidents involving veterans at some theaters. This movie shows the US attempting to earn a morale victory by saving a young private by the name of Ryan who had lost all of his brothers in the landing on Normandy on D-Day. The soldiers were not onboard with the mission yet carried it out, they saw it as pointless and a waste of men and resources. Realistically it was, but for the troops at home or that were yet to arrive, it would be a huge morale booster to help them press on in the war. This movie shows some of the different colors of the war, form the horror that was D-Day; to the mental state of the soldiers. The second world war was atrocious for the men who fought it both mentally and physically. This film really set a good ground to what we can expect to learn in the WWII unit.
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