World War 2: A Brief History of the European Theatre (World War 2, World War Two, WWII, European Theatre, history, hitler, third reich, Holocaust, Auschwitz, D Day Book 1) by Jenkins Ryan

Author:Jenkins, Ryan [Jenkins, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Success Publishing
Published: 2014-05-11T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 7: The Eastern Front Collapses

It was the winter of 1943 and the Germans had faced a terrible, demoralizing defeat in Stalingrad. They were outnumbered and losing every piece of land they had captured on the Eastern front. The German High Command was now short on time and asking themselves what they could do to stop the imminent collapse of the Eastern front and after a long period of debate, the leadership was left with two options:

The first one was proposed by Guderian and Manstein who were the best and most able field commanders at that time. They proposed a series of strategies that would make up for the numerical advantage the Russians held. The plan was to reduce the battles on the eastern front to a series of local clashes and arming the German army with top-of-the-line weaponry.

The other, rather optimistic option was to concentrate all German forces including artillery, tanks, infantry and air force, attack the Russian forces head on and annihilate them completely. The most suitable location for such a buildup was thought to be Kursk located half way between Moscow and Black Sea. The plan was very similar to a classic Blitzkrieg style invasion and gained much popularity among German higher command.

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