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Normandy Landing Operation Allied played


Normandy Landing Operation Allied played a significant role as the approximation of the total defeat of fascism. But the leadership of the Wehrmacht did not produce significant changes in the grouping of the forces. Still remained critical of the Soviet-German front. Here were the main forces of the Wehrmacht. Germany, although it produced an enhanced mobilization of the population, could not fully make up for those big losses, which she carried on the eastern front. But its army still retained the ability to resist harsh. By early July, on the western front, there are 65 divisions, and against the Soviet forces were operating 235 enemy divisions. In January 1945, the Soviet formations opposed 195 divisions, and the Allied forces in Western Europe - 74 enemy divisions.
By July 25 the Anglo-American forces were able to develop the necessary strategic base. In the Normandy landings, which ended by the time the allies lost 120 thousand people, the German troops - more than 113 000 people1.
In the summer-fall campaign of 1944 the Red Army conducted many successful operations. The most important military and political outcome of the Soviet offensive wax
A World War II. 1941-1945 Encyclopedia. S. 496
The completion of exile Nazi invaders from the Soviet Union. During the year, was cleared of the enemy territory with total area of ​​930 000 km2, which lived before the war to 39 million people.
Along with the expulsion of the enemy forces outside Soviet territory, the Red Army overstepped the task of rescuing people from Nazi captivity in Europe.
Campaign in Europe in 1945 (January 1 - May 9)
A successful conclusion in 1944, Soviet troops were in East Prussia, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. During Petsamo Kirkenessoy operations drove the invaders from areas of northern Norway. Was released the fourth part of Poland with a population of 6 million people. It is time to further advance into Poland.Of particular importance in this was the Vistula-Oder strategic offensive operation. It was conducted from 12 January to 3 February 1945 the troops of the 1st Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian Fronts.
During the 23 day offensive, Soviet troops liberated a large part of Poland, entered the territory of Germany and came to the Oder, the run crossed it and captured a number of bridgeheads not its western bank. It was destroyed 35 German divisions, and 25 suffered heavy losses. Successful actions of Soviet forces created the conditions for an offensive in Pomerania, Silesia and Berlin.
Opening a second front worsened military-political situation in Germany. But she continued to resist, conducting a new all-out mobilization to somehow make up for losses. At this time, improved coordination of the Red Army from Allied forces. For example, when the German offensive in the Ardennes, the Anglo-American troops were in a difficult position, the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill appealed to Stalin with a request to launch an offensive on the Eastern Front. The Soviet forces, accelerating training in January 1945 ahead of schedule went on the offensive from the Baltic to the Carpathians. Powerful blows of the Red Army drove the Nazis to stop the offensive on the Western Front, and send some shock connections to the east. The crisis situation in the Ardennes was eliminated.
The war that brought mankind incalculable losses and unprecedented calamity, inexorably drawing to a close. However, the Nazi German leaders, in order to avoid total defeat, mobilized the last human and material resources of Germany and threw them against the Red Army and its allies. Losses, some of which could have been avoided had increased. Hitler's command was somewhat hastily by recent fighting reserves, including seniors and young people. The Nazis hoped to split the Allies.
In late January - early February, the 1st Ukrainian Front crossed the Oder and Berlin came close to less than 60 kilometers. In February - broke through the enemy defenses on a 250-mile front, seized the whole of Lower Silesia and joined the German province of Brandenburg. In the second half of March, they took possession of the south-western part of Upper Silesia and occupied an advantageous position for the application of subsequent stroke in the Dresden area.
Crucial to the defeat of Germany and the liberation of the German people from Hitler's tyranny was the Berlin Strategic Offensive. Within 23 days, from April 16 to May 8, 1945, troops of the 1st and 2nd Belorussian and 1st Ukrainian Front (commander Marshal Georgi Zhukov, Rokossovsky, IS Konev) defeated the Prussian enemy grouping. At the same time actively used by forces of the Baltic Fleet, the Dnieper Flotilla, long-range aircraft, as well as 1st and 2nd armies of the Polish Army. Results from the Soviet side was attended by over 2 million people, 41,000 guns and mortars, 6250 tanks and 7500 military samoletov1.
They had to overcome to strengthen defense of Berlin, consisting of three bands of the Oder-neysenskogo abroad, equipped with a depth of 20-40 km, 3 fortification ring around the city, more than 400 large concrete structures durable and more fire and antitank weapons. The defending totaled 1 million, 41,500 guns and mortars, 1500 tanks and assault guns, 3,5 thousand combat samoletov2.
The battle for Berlin in the band of the 1st Byelorussian Front began a thunder of thousands of artillery shells that hit the fire on the defensive lines of the Nazis, and a flash of powerful beams of searchlights, blinding the enemy. Troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front, used to disguise a smokescreen. Every day was full of fighting high-voltage power, the desire of the Soviet soldiers in the battle to overcome a burst of enemy resistance. Soviet troops, creating a high operational density of troops, was able to break through the enemy's defense - to take the heavily fortified borders in Zelovskih altitudes. After many days of heavy fighting was surrounded Berlin. Managed to cut the front of the Nazis in the east and west - as a result of Soviet soldiers and the Anglo-American allies met on the Elbe near Torgau.
All attempts to unblock the secondment of German in Berlin had no success. The destruction of the Berlin group was held in bitter street fighting. Storming the Reichstag was the most important event of the battle for Berlin. April 30 was raised over the Reichstag The Banner of Victory. A 8 May, the defeated Germany signed the unconditional surrender.
A World War II: Results and lessons. , P. 101.
2 Ibid.
Berlin offensive.
The Berlin operation was one of the largest in the Second World War. It is characterized by a high concentration of forces, high-intensity warfare. 93 divisions were defeated Wehrmacht captured about 480 thousand soldiers and officers, a large number of different weapons and combat equipment, and after May 9, 1945 before the Soviet troops still lay down 1.3 million soldiers and officers of the defeated Germany. Berlin was the final operation on the long road of the Red Army.Ended unprecedented in its scale, the bitter battle against fascism.
To bring long-awaited hour of victory, the Soviet soldiers did not stop before any difficulties, to endure all the hardships and privations.
For one year and four months of active combat operations of the third period of the Great Patriotic War, Soviet troops lost in killed, died of wounds and disease, perished in the Holocaust, was captured and missing 2.56 million soldiers. 7.325 million soldiers and officers out of service due to injuries and boleznyu1.
Casualties (in thousands)
Campaign
Number of nights
irreversibly-
nye
sanitary
only
Winter-spring
(1.1-31.5.44)
The summer-autumn
(1.6-31.12.44)
Campaign in Europe
(1.1-9.4.45)
152
214
129
801.5
962.4
800.8
2219.7
2895.0
2212.7
3021.2
2857.4
3013.5
Total in the third period
495
2564.7
7327.4
9892.1

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