Comments on two posts - Essay Example

How could the Germans have won the battle of the Atlantic? One of the longest military campaigns in World War II, dating from 1940 until about the end of 1943, was the Battle of the Atlantic.1 In this Battle, the Germans, through their German Navy (Kreigsmarine) actually aimed to control the Atlantic, in order for them to control maritime trade and isolate the European continent and Great Britain from getting valuable supplies and materiel from the United States.2 According to the post, the Germans did not win the battle because they lacked enough preparation and resources to launch a long term Atlantic war.

I personally think that this is true, for the Allies was actually successful in being able to get the support of the United States, who did not suffer from any major battle on its soils, and who has immense resources that the Germans, even with their occupied territories, cannot match.3 2. How could Germany have altered its command, control, and logistics for more success in the East? One of the most crucial fronts of the war was the east, where Germany launched Operation Barbarossa to occupy Soviet Union and gain control of significant resources in the east.

4 According to the post, the winter, bad road conditions, and a lack of cohesion; and that the Germans must have conquered just enough territory to effectively sustain the campaign. However, I think that the biggest mistake of Germany was attempting to conquer the Soviet Union itself, for the Soviet Union was very successful in their industrialization and has so immense resources and manpower to be able to successfully repulse any German advance;5 they must have not invaded the Soviet Union and focused on invading Great Britain instead.

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