Near the end of the war, Germany was determined to split up and defeat the Allies. On December 16th 1944, the Nazis started a battle with the Allies because Hitler had convinced himself that the alliance between Britain, France, and America was not strong enough to defeat the Nazis. Most of the German military including Field Marshall Gerd von Rundstedt did not believe that it was a wise decision to start the battle, but Hitler insisted that it had to happen. The battle was previously known as Ardennes Offensive, but because the first attack created a bulge in the Allied frontline, it became more commonly known as the Battle of the Bulge.
The Nazis had the advantage at the beginning of the battle because the weather was in their favor and they had a plan but the advantages did not last for long. When the battle began, they did not have enough fuel or resources to start the battle in the first place so what was the point of Hitler insisting on it? Hitler knew that they were losing the war and needed to gain more land or else Germany would surely lose, so he took a gamble. They would go ahead and attack the allies even with the small supply of fuel that they had and risk losing the war and tens of thousands of men, or they would succeed in splitting up the allies, win the battle, and accomplish their goal.
The big attacks that the Nazis were planning required tons of fuel of which they did not have. This is another reason that Hitler’s plan could not have worked in the first place. Even if the Germans had fuel and resources to keep moving forward, they still had no chance because the Allied forces kept bombing their supplies and they would have ended up running out of fuel anyways.
By January of 1945 the Nazi army was in such lack of fuel that they ended up having to abandon their vehicles and travel back to Germany on foot. This was a very big mistake because many of the men died just trying to get back to Germany and instead of gaining land, they backpedaled and lost it.
Ultimately, Hitler’s idea that Germany could defeat the Allies was not possible. Hitler had gotten very overconfident and sure that they could defeat whomever they fought when it was really just false hope. Hitler had gotten so overconfident in fact to the point that he had become delusional. While he believed that this battle would destroy the allies and split them up, it really unified them because they all had the same motive: to destroy the Nazis. An example of the Allies coming together and really striving to defeat the Nazis is a man who fought for Belgium named D’Haese who says “We were doing sabotage to the Germans, like cutting the communications lines…we waited and we prayed for the Americans”. This is a quote of someone who was desperate for the war to be over and shows that the Allies did anything they had to in order to defeat Nazi Germany.
The German decision to attack the Allies was a huge mistake on Hitler’s part because he decided to attack when they were at a very weak state and lacking many components of war. This poor decision was a very big factor that played a huge part in the fall of Nazi Germany.
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The Nazis had the advantage at the beginning of the battle because the weather was in their favor and they had a plan but the advantages did not last for long. When the battle began, they did not have enough fuel or resources to start the battle in the first place so what was the point of Hitler insisting on it? Hitler knew that they were losing the war and needed to gain more land or else Germany would surely lose, so he took a gamble. They would go ahead and attack the allies even with the small supply of fuel that they had and risk losing the war and tens of thousands of men, or they would succeed in splitting up the allies, win the battle, and accomplish their goal.
The big attacks that the Nazis were planning required tons of fuel of which they did not have. This is another reason that Hitler’s plan could not have worked in the first place. Even if the Germans had fuel and resources to keep moving forward, they still had no chance because the Allied forces kept bombing their supplies and they would have ended up running out of fuel anyways.
By January of 1945 the Nazi army was in such lack of fuel that they ended up having to abandon their vehicles and travel back to Germany on foot. This was a very big mistake because many of the men died just trying to get back to Germany and instead of gaining land, they backpedaled and lost it.
Ultimately, Hitler’s idea that Germany could defeat the Allies was not possible. Hitler had gotten very overconfident and sure that they could defeat whomever they fought when it was really just false hope. Hitler had gotten so overconfident in fact to the point that he had become delusional. While he believed that this battle would destroy the allies and split them up, it really unified them because they all had the same motive: to destroy the Nazis. An example of the Allies coming together and really striving to defeat the Nazis is a man who fought for Belgium named D’Haese who says “We were doing sabotage to the Germans, like cutting the communications lines…we waited and we prayed for the Americans”. This is a quote of someone who was desperate for the war to be over and shows that the Allies did anything they had to in order to defeat Nazi Germany.
The German decision to attack the Allies was a huge mistake on Hitler’s part because he decided to attack when they were at a very weak state and lacking many components of war. This poor decision was a very big factor that played a huge part in the fall of Nazi Germany.
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I agree that Hitler did get ahead of himself but didn't he have a reason to? Hiter had taken over almost all of Europe by that point and was one of the most clever dictators that history had ever seen so of course he is going to get a little excited and make rash decisions but honestly I think that the Allies were just as surprised to win as he was to lose.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that Hitler's battle against the Allies was a huge mistake. I'm just suprised on how successful Hitler was considering that he had amounts of oil next to nothing. But I do feel you could have included why Hitler was going to lose if he didn't gain land.
ReplyDeleteWhen it came to Hitler making decisions for his country, he only thought about power and how he could get it. He never thought about what was best for his country. He made very selfish decisions that the whole country would have to suffer the consequences.
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