Reasons why Germany lost the war
Hitler’s cruelty
In December 1941, when the attack on Moscow stalled, the Soviets launched a massive counterattack that threatened to rout the Germans bringing them to the brink of disaster. Hitler became so cruel after he had won the first war under his supervision. He sacked many officers claiming that they were not listening to him. He insisted that they continue with the war even when the officers felt that they should withdraw. He started to consider himself a genius in military war as he went to the extent of declaring himself commander in chief of the army. He composed his strategies for defeating enemies, and the officers had no choice but to dance to his tune. It did not take long before the graph of the war changed, and it was Hitler’s group that was being defeated. He blamed the Generals for not following his orders, yet the generals were supposed to give the orders. In 1944, he went against the generals’ views and launched the Battle of the Bulge. This caused the loss of many military men who eventually made it easy for Germany to be defeated by allies. Initially, during the start of the war, Allies feared Germany and made the decision to retreat following the victories that Germany had had before.
The strength of the Soviet
The American Lend-Lease program strengthened the Allies. This meant that there was a huge injection of fresh manpower due to the support of America. This reinforces the Soviets by equipping and training the men for the war to be able to take up Germany during the war.
Failure of strategy
In his knowledge, Hitler decided to attack France and Britain first in order to secure Germany’s western flank. This strategy was overwhelming, as it is quite challenging to attack two countries at once. They lost the battle to Britain but defeated France. Following this reason, Germany only partially achieved a secured western flank. Hitler had to declare war on the USA in order to fulfill its initial purpose. It now declared war on Britain, the USA, Italy, and France. Therefore, Hitler kept dividing war strengths between the two countries. Focusing on strengths everywhere meant that there was no concentration on winning one war.