Poll: What was the turning point of World War 2?

[Flap Jack452]

Midway was the turning point in the pacific theatre, but certainly not the whole entire war.

 

[captain awesome 12]

Midway was the turning point in the pacific theatre, but certainly not the whole entire war.

Very, very, very true, which just furthers my point that there was no single operation that ended World War 2, especially with there being European and Pacific Theaters.

 

[TheFacelessOne]

I say Pearl Harbor. Once the U.S. got involved Germany didn't have a chance.

Thats not really true. At the start of the war, U.S. had jack-shit. We were pretty vulnerable, but luckily, we turned around and started opening cans of whoop-ass!

 

[theSovietConnection]

I'd have to say the real turning point was Operation Barbarossa. Had Hitler decided not[i/] to invade the Soviet Union, the Nazis would have been more inclined to maintain their forces on the Western front and possibly the Nazis would never have been pushed back and D-Day would have ended as a complete failure for the Allies (assuming the plans for D-Day would have gone ahead). Quite simply, if Hitler had never launched Barbarossa, we could have had a very different outcome entirely.

 

[Ridergurl10]

what the f--- is wrong with you
go to a non biased school and learn some fact buddy, D-day was so small compared to Stalingrad, and the battle for Moscow

Size of battle says nothing about any kind of tactical signifigance. Yes the battles in Russia helped to decimate the Nazis but the invasion at Normandy gave the other allies a tactical foothold in Europe. Once they invaded Nazi Germany was doomed, the Russians could have done it alone, but they didn't and the war ended much faster the way it did. Also D-Day and the invasion had the largest mobilization of any military ever. Ever.

That is honestly wrong Normandy was no where near the biggest military mobilization it was only 250,000 Men total. Operation Barbarossa was around a million.

Okay... Largest Amphibious Invasion/mobilization... there I was more specific. happy now?

Yes because at least now it is correct.

Actually it's not, the amphibious landing in Sicily was larger. More resistance at Normandy though . . .

 

[goodman528]

The Soviet summer campaign in 1944.

Because Germany still had reasonable forces for a three front war at this point. But after loosing in '44, Germany was truly finished.

The USSR and Germany would never have been Allies. Hitler hated Stalin and communism and Stalin hated Nazi's and Hitler.

Ever heard of the Molotov?Ribbentrop Pact? ...deleted...

MRP was transient and both sides were preparing for war after signing it.

 

[Simriel]

Stalingrad.

 

[Horticulture]

B.J. Blazkowicz storming Castle Wolfenstein.

Duh.

 

[Ridergurl10]

Let's see here...

Pearl Harbor.

No-brainer, really.

Anybody think the Brits could have beat the Japanese all on their lonesome? Or that the hordes of Panzers would have been turned back without America both fighting alongside and supplying the Allies?

Nope. Even though both the British and Russians were incredibly courageous and valorous, they could not have won the war on their own, without American munitions and supplies.

I agree although for slightly different reasons. The US outproduced every other country during the second world war. We were building ships and planes faster than anyone could sink or shoot them down. This is what really allowed the allies to win the war. At one point a factory in Detroit was turning out a Bomber every 63 minutes. We outproduced the competition, simple as that. So I agree Pearl Harbor was the turning point because it sealed the US involvement in the war.

 

[Rajin Cajun]

what the f--- is wrong with you
go to a non biased school and learn some fact buddy, D-day was so small compared to Stalingrad, and the battle for Moscow

Size of battle says nothing about any kind of tactical signifigance. Yes the battles in Russia helped to decimate the Nazis but the invasion at Normandy gave the other allies a tactical foothold in Europe. Once they invaded Nazi Germany was doomed, the Russians could have done it alone, but they didn't and the war ended much faster the way it did. Also D-Day and the invasion had the largest mobilization of any military ever. Ever.

That is honestly wrong Normandy was no where near the biggest military mobilization it was only 250,000 Men total. Operation Barbarossa was around a million.

Okay... Largest Amphibious Invasion/mobilization... there I was more specific. happy now?

Yes because at least now it is correct.

Actually it's not, the amphibious landing in Sicily was larger. More resistance at Normandy though . . .

Indeed, Normandy was actually the biggest Airborne Landing in the war not Amphib my bad.

 

[Ridergurl10]

I agree although for slightly different reasons. The US outproduced every other country during the second world war. We were building ships and planes faster than anyone could sink or shoot them down. This is what really allowed the allies to win the war. At one point a factory in Detroit was turning out a Bomber every 63 minutes. We outproduced the competition, simple as that. So I agree Pearl Harbor was the turning point because it sealed the US involvement in the war.

Nope, your reasoning was exactly the same as mine. And virtually all textbooks'. Who am I to quibble though? I welcome thee to the fold of the informed, hehe.

Thank you! It's always nice to find others who actually know history before they spout off random nonsense.

 

[Acaroid]

Man this is a really hard question, because so many different things changed the tide of war...
everything from the germans stopping bombing the english air bases and focusing on the citys, pearl harbour, hitler going for russia etc etc etc... it is all a mass of differnt things... so I picked other.

 

[Jack Da Ripper]

Until the Battle of Kursk Germany had a chance to save the war on the Eastern Front... Once their last ditch thrust at Kursk was beaten the war in the east was just a delaying action against the Russians.

 

[Chrinik]

Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia, nothing more, nothing less.

I mean Hitler had a NON-Attack Treaty with Stalin...and he BROKE IT?
With the largest, harshest, coldest country in modern society?

Stupid...downright stupid.
He could have concentrated on Britain more, or Africa, but a 3 front War is just rediculous.
And with the allies, there came the 4th Front....FAIL!

Hitler was everything, but a strategist.
If Rommel led the Troops, and Hitler let him do whatever he wants, we would stand at Bejing now and New York would be ashes by now...
But thats just an assumption.

 

[Khadath]

The Soviet defense was a really big factor but all in all Pearl Harbor and the battle of Briton were the biggest and most pivotal battles, giving the U.S a reason to fight and just holding in Briton kept the English in the fight.

Also would you Americans stop going on about D-day, it's not like horse shit landings like that hadn't been done before.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

The end of Germany occurred when they put that lunatic in power. They had no chance.

True,but you still have to think that had hitler not declared war on poland nazi germany would of become the leading european power of the second half of the 20th century,and hitler himself would of probably died of natural causes like general franco.