Battles and wars
During the battle of Stalingrad, a serious of events took place, which led to the capture of Berlin. Among the activities include, the battle between the French and Marne slowed the German attack on French. The slow don made it hard for the Germans as they ended up facing the French and Russians at the same time. It is at this point that Germans were overpowered by both France and Russia in the battle, thus the capture of Berlin (Komjáthy, 1982). On the other hand, various events took place on the Eastern front from the battle of Stalingrad, which led to the capture of Germans strategic aims of the offensive in the battle. After Germans realized that the Russian army, under the leadership of Joseph Sterlin, had suffered a loss of manpower and firearms, they decided to attack the heart of Russia, Stalingrad. Hitler decided to attack Stalingrad as it was the centre of Russian operation as it had the majority of manufacturing, processing and assembling industries in Russia. It is at this point that Russians discovered Hitler’s plan and decided to counteract it by protecting the city. Although Germans were slowly overpowering the Russians, the harsh winter of Russia made it hard for German soldiers to survive, thus retreating from the battle (Joly, 2017). Among the military developments at this point include the use of submarines, aircraft, tanks, and vehicles, biological, chemical and atomic weapons. The diplomatic decision had a significant impact on the overall verdict on the acquiring of Berlin as Germans were the ones found guilty of all accounts they were charged on. All this led to an agreement where there was peace among the nations. It was later decided that Berlin will remain for German as long as they maintain and uphold their end of the deal.
QUESTION 2
There were various developments in the pacific theatre that all led to the capture of Okinawa. Among the developments were strategies that ensured that they evaded the stronghold position that Japanese were guarding and raiding different islands without giving a warning. Use of planned tactics that avoided a direct and faceoff with the Japanese proved to be a success as Japanese were well armed and had the numbers. The primary strategy used by American militia was leapfrogging or rather island hoping. The strategy was effective as it reduced the number of casualties in the battle. Although the Americans had a well-structured strategy for the battle, there were issues and problems that they faced in the war (Rudy & Frame, 2013). One of the most significant issues was the supply of food and weapons to their troops as they were all located far away on different islands of Japan. However, the US was able to address the issue where they decided that they will have temporary structures that would help in the manufacture of the weapons (Rottman, 2002). For supplies like medicine and food was to be done regularly so that to avoid depletion. Since there were attacks of the troops both on land and at sea, the supplies cargo were always well guarded and only came in unexpectedly.
QUESTION 3
Strategic bombing aimed at destabilizing the enemy by targeting the vital sectors and areas that they are essentially like industries, villages, military bases and food stores. Some of the significant developments and pioneers in the allied strategic bombing include Giulio Douhet and General Billy Mitchell of the US. The British and US strategy differed as the Britons were aiming for the soldiers while American aimed at destabilizing their enemy completely. It is at this point where Britons went for tactical bombing while Americans went for strategic bombing. The American bombing campaign against japan differed from that of German as Americans focused on destroying the Japanese completely (Copp, September–October 1996). Japan was strong and tactical; therefore, the only option was to destabilize the whole nation without leaving anything to chance. It is through the strategic bombing that Americans decided to use an atomic bomb on Japan. All this was to destabilize Japan once and for all, without having to give them any chance to retaliate (Overy, 2005). Critically looking at the repercussion of the bombings, it is clear that the countries paid adequately as there were significant losses that were incurred. A considerable number of people lost their lives, and property was destroyed that was worth a considerable amount of money. Based on the results, the strategic bombing was not a success as the impacts were way worse than it was expected.