l20 the defeat of germoney

Question 1

how the ussr prepare for operation bagration

Answer 1

deception campaign to make germans think attack was coming from sthern front
made a soviet version of germany’s blitzkrieg

Question 2

what actions did germoney make that contributed to their defeat during operation bagration

Answer 2

removed all flexibility of german generals (no retreats) built strongholds with bad defences in between them

Question 3

consquences of operation bagration

Answer 3

350k-670k german casualties in bagration 750k soviet casualties retook belarussia
poland and baltics captured
triggerd warsaw uprising (polish expected soviets to help them install govt and push germans back)
stalin avdanced around warsaw and let germany solve uprising
soviets close to berlin than rest of allies

Question 4

battle of the bulge

Answer 4

germans decided they should launch an offensive on the east front
dec 1944 germoney pushed allies back to belgium
took almost 2 months before allies retook territory

Question 5

Яush B(erlin) (battle of berlin)

Answer 5

jan 1945 ussr captures land in east prussia
16th april ussr launched offensive on berlin, german defences were well organised and the soviets lost 30000 men in 3 days crossing the oder river
20th april ussr close enough to begin shelling city centre
30th april hitler decides to stop existing and appoints admiral donitz his sucessor
2nd may german forces in berlin surrenders
7th may germoney surrenders unconditionally= war in europe is over

Question 6

impact of the war on german civilians

Answer 6

hitler widened conscription to include 16-60 yr olds-lead to deaths of 100s of males not properly trained/equiped
mass graves destroyed livestock and crops
mass rape from soviets ( 2mil women raped)
2 million civillians killed
millions more displaced during advance