What was the most significant turning point of World War 2?

1. The Battle of Britain meant... • Hitler still had a powerful enemy in Europe within striking distance of Germany- Britain would be used as a base for air raids on Germany and D-Day • The British army remained intact • The German air force had lost many of its best pilots and was now a weakened force. • The faith and morale of Britain’s potential ally, the USA, was boosted. • Pearl Harbour meant... • The most powerful military nation in the world, the USA, joined the Allied side against Germany and Japan- 16 million Americans served during the war- many were involved in bombing Germany and in D-Day and afterwards • The morale of Britain and Russia were massively boosted • The United States provided $50 billion of financial aid to Britain and Russia during the war • Stalingrad meant... • The German army, the most powerful modern army in the world had been defeated for the first time and had lost 850,000 of its best men and vital equipment- Stalingrad was the beginning of German defeat in Russia • The morale of Britain, Russia and the USA were boosted • The massive Russian army (34 million people served in it during the war) was not defeated and would continue to fight Germany • D-Day meant... • Germany now had to split its army into two to fight the British and Americans on one side and the Russians on the other- it would be very difficult to defeat them both from this position and in less than a year Germany had surrendered • The morale of the Allies was boosted- it gave them the belief to go on and win the war Consequences because events took place as they did... Think normally... What was the most significant turning point of World War 2? Turning Point 1: Battle of Britain, July-Sept. 1940 Turning Point 2: Pearl Harbour, 7th December 1941 Turning Point 3: Battle of Stalingrad, Aug. 1942- Feb. 1943 Turning Point 4: D-Day, June 1944 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 If Britain had lost the Battle of Britain... If Japan had never launched an attack on Pearl Harbour... If the Russians had been defeated at Stalingrad.... If D-Day had failed... Consequences if events had not taken place as they did... Think counter-factually...