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Originally posted by debaser
Not to pick nits, but the decisive battles for Europe were the Battle of Britain, the Battle of the Atlantic, Kursk. D-Day was impressive, but not decisive.
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I would add Stalingrad to that list.
Stalingrad was the begining of when Germany began to loose the war and the Russians started to win.
D-day was a major event of WW2 that I can't imagine what it must have been like.
Kursk must have been completely insane however; 1 million Russians squaring off against 1 million Germans in a field with no quarter asked or offered.
"The scale of the Reich's losses in veteran soldiers, weaponry and equipment in the Battle Of Kursk was a decisive strategic blow to that nation. It made destruction of the Third Reich a certainty. Germany took 700,000 casualties at Kursk, Soviet casualties are uncertain, but an estimate of 1,000,000 may be accurate. The Soviets had quickly replenished their forces, and applied constant and menacing pressure on the retreating Ostheer inflicting further losses and misery. Germany could not replace its military losses. The Wehrmacht would never again be able to replace the quality forces it had squandered against the Kursk salient. The Third Reich was now incapable of defending her multiple borders."
Incredible