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What factors led to the Nazis looking WW2?
Factors are bound to arise in discussing which nation was responsible for the defeat of
Nazi Germany in World War II. Seeing as Hitler’s conquest cast a shadow over so many
countries and seeing as the effort against the Nazis was a conglomeration of a multitude
of nations, it may seem difficult or even incorrect to attribute victory to any one
individual nation. Although the US, Britain, and their allies made significant
contributions to the liberation of Europe and the defeat of the Nazis, the single nation
whose fight against the Nazis directly influenced the fall of the Third Reich, was the
Soviet Union. As for the genocidal Nazi campaign against the Jews, the liberation of the
concentration camps by the Allies may be viewed as a victory of sorts, yet in this “second
war” there was no victor (Breuer, 2002).
A large factor in the success of the Red Army against Nazis was their immense
feelings of moral for defense of the motherland. To the Germans, Russia was another of
Hitler’s conquests; to the Russians, the cause was far more important, as their ‘freedom’
depended on the victory of (as Stalin had dubbed it) “The Great Patriotic War.” For those
who were not sufficiently motivated by the cause for the homeland, Stalin insured that
they were motivated by fear. As a result of Stalin’s paranoia regarding traitors in the
ranks, a fear of desertion among soldiers allowed for a strict and obedient military

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(Layton, 2008). The Russian soldier had the choice of facing the enemy, or facing the
fatal consequences from his own countrymen.
While primitive in comparison to German Blitzkrieg, and disorganized in the
beginning of the war, the Soviet military strategy progressively slowed and eventually
overturned the German offensive. In spite of the 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact,
Stalin’s distrust of Hitler, combined with the sub-par performance of the Red Army in the
war against Finland caused Stalin to institute a draft, thereby increasing the size of the
army from 1.3 million to 3 million. Contrary to Western European armies, the Red Army
was somewhat prepared and experienced, having been increased and having fought and
captured Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania in 1940 (Beevor, 2002).
The defeat of Nazi Germany came about the combined efforts of the Allies to
defeat an oppressive and violent regime and to once again restore freedom in Europe.
Although the efforts of Britain, the US, and their Western Allies contributed greatly to
the defeat of the Nazis, the strategic and environmental defeat of the German Army in
Russia directly resulted in their retreat, and the ultimate collapse of the Third Reich.

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Your name Your Instructor’s name Course name/number Date: What factors led to the Nazis looking WW2? Factors are bound to arise in discussing which nation was responsible for the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. Seeing as Hitler’s conquest cast a shadow over so many countries and seeing as the effort against the Nazis was a conglomeration of a multitude of nations, it may seem difficult or even incorrect to attribute victory to any one individual nation. Although the US, Britain, and their allies made significant contributions to the liberation of Europe and the defeat of the Nazis, the single nation whose fight against the Nazis directly influenced the fall of the Third Reich, was the Soviet Union. As for the genocidal Nazi campaign against the Jews, the liberation of the concentration camps by the Allies may be viewed as a victory of sorts, yet in this “second war” t ...
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