Why did the Axis powers lose World War Two Essay Plan

Why did the Axis powers lose World War Two

Paragraph: Failure of Italy

Italy was the weakest part of the Axis powers, Germany were constantly bailing Italy eg. Greece, Crete so strained German resources even further
Italy failed in Greece (1940-41), Germany bailed them out which cost them and stretched their forces further
North Africa Campaign (1940-1943) Italy’s Fort Capuzzo in Libya which was occupied by British forces and Italy couldn’t push the British out , so Germany had to intervene , which stretched them further
1943- invasion of Sicily, Italy eventually fell to the Allies and declared war on Germany
Without Italy, Germany wouldn’t of been stretched further, as wouldn’t of had to bail Italy out again
By Germany bailing Italy out in Greece it delayed their invasion of the USSR, therefore had to deal with the Russian winter, which is a key reason why they didn’t win and Russia drove German forces back to Berlin
Without Italy Germany might not of been distracted in North Africa, Greece and Crete and would have been less stretched and less drained of resources

Paragraph: Japanese aggression and entry of USA

Japanese aggression had been shown in (date) when Japan broke the terms of the League of Nations and attacked Manchuria, China, and as a result left the League of Nations
Japanese wanted to seize control of more economic resources that were already under control of Britain and the Netherlands
Japan assumed that the USA would enter the war anyway so Japan thought that they would get a counterattack in now
Japan decided to attack Pearl Harbour in 1943, and this resulted in the USA entered the war
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Paragraph: Japanese aggression and entry of USA

Japanese aggression had been shown in (date) when Japan broke the terms of the League of Nations and attacked Manchuria, China, and as a result left the League of Nations
Japanese wanted to seize control of more economic resources that were already under control of Britain and the Netherlands
Japan assumed that the USA would enter the war anyway so Japan thought that they would get a counterattack in now
Japan decided to attack Pearl Harbour in 1943, and this resulted in the USA entered the war
An as a result of the USA declaring war on Japan, Germany and Italy declared war on the USA
Hitler didn’t regarded the USA as a treat, said they were a brunch of negroes and gypsies , however he was really wrong
Also is Japan hadn’t attacked the US they wouldn’t pf entered the war, as they didn’t want to get involved in European Affairs despite President Regan wanting to get involved
Also if Japanese hadn’t been aggressive, towards the US they wouldn’t of have the opportunity to drop the atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Although some historians regard the dropping of the USA atomic bombs was a test to see the damage they would cause
On the other hand if Japan hadn’t been aggressive what is to say that the USA would of dropped the atomic bombs on the Axis powers instead
Also if Germany hadn’t declared war on the USA, the war could of potentially been local between only Japan and the US

Paragraph: D-Day

6th June 1944- entry to France
If Germany had correctly predicted where that the Allies would enter France (Calais) they would have had a greater chance of holding out
In addition Germany was already STRETCHED so is unlikely they would of held out
On the other hand Germany were in a better position to attack Britain, as HAD France who was a major power and was an ally of Britain
Germany wanted/need Lebensraum in the East not the West

Paragraph: Battle of the Atlantic

1939-1943
U-boats struggled to make an impact as counter-technology wiped them out
If Germany had succeeded it would put them in a better position to win the war, as supplies wouldn’t of been apply to reach Britain (economic +socially effects)
If blockade had occurred Britain wouldn’t of been able to sustain the attack, and so would probably of been unsuccessful

Paragraph: Failure in the Soviet Union

Great Patriotic War – Hitler wanted Lebensraum
Germany, by bailing out Italy delayed their invasion of Russia therefore were in the bad winter that they had wanted to miss, and the German troops were not use to these harsh conditions that the Russian winter presented
As winter was approaching Stalin told Russians to take any food, water, clothes etc. with them and burn what they couldn’t take to German soldiers couldn’t use them
Also most Russian industry was moved away from the German attack
Up until the winter the all German offensives had been successful
During the winter the Russians recovered, as were use to cold winters, and they army re-mobilised quickly
Also as Russia had a big population it could replenish the soldiers they lost more quickly than the Germans
If Germany had had more time to prepared not had not been in Greece they Germans might have been more successful and less stretched

Paragraph: Adaptability

Allies used blitzkrieg tactics against the Axis powers
Also they built counter-technology quickly
Had technology to read Axis communications
Without this they would have been hugely disadvantaged and wouldn’t of had an audacity to win