Resistance+(1942-1944)

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Many countries had a resistance against the axis, there was even a resistance within Germany itself. The Polish, Greek, Dutch, French interior, Britain, and Yugoslavia all had a resistance against The Nazis. The largest resistance army belonged to Yugoslavia that had 800,000 soldiers. The main purposes of the resistance were Sabotage and Espionage. For example they would find out plans and destroy projects that belonged to the Axis. Below are some of the most significant accomplishments by the resistance.

=**The Yugoslav Partisans**=

The biggest resistance movement is the Yugoslav Partisans, they had assembled nearly 800,000 thousand soldiers after the Royal Yugoslavian Army had fallen and they had marched and reclaimed Croatia. This all took place in early April 1945 to reclaim some of their land and defeat some Axis soldiers. Some of the Yugoslav Partisan's other activities include stealing plans from the, and hiding crashed pilots. Another highly contributing task they would do is hijacking and destroying the German Army ammo trucks.

=**The Tehran Conference on November 28, 1943**=

The Tehran conference took place between November 28 and December 1st, 1943 in Tehran Iran. This conference was the first attended by Joseph Stalin, the leader of Soviet Russia. The main idea of the conference was to plan the final attack against Nazi Germany and its allies. At this conference plans were made for Russia to attack Japan as soon as Germany falls, and plans for D-Day/Normandy. At the conference plans were also made for the Yugoslav Partisans to carry out an ammo raid on German transport trucks and destroy a bridge.

=**The Battle of Stalingrad on July 17, 1942**=

The battle of Stalingrad was between Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia for control of southern Russia. If Stalingrad fell, Russia would have lost control. Russia was able to use their terrain to their own advantage and caused the first large scale defeat to Germany. The battle took place in July 17, 1942 to February 2nd, 1943. The battle was called Stalingrad because Stalingrad was the stronghold city the battle took place around. The ratio for soldiers to guns was 3-1 which meant three men would walk in a cluster sharing one gun between them. The rate of survival for each Russian soldier was 24 hours before they would die.

=The Battle Of Stalingrad July 17th, 1942-February 2nd, 1943=

After Hitler moved many of his troops to Ukraine to claim oil, he sent two of the armies from the Ukraine to Russia. These two armies easily captured southern Russia. They then continued on to Stalingrad, which Hitler wanted for two specific reasons: capturing Stalingrad would prevent transportation of goods to Russia, and would give the Germans a left flank on the rest of Russia. Germany had taken almost all of the city when Russia recruited 1,000,000 Siberian soldiers and launched a counter-attack. The Germans could not help themselves and their 350,000 soldiers were decimated. German's sixth army surrendered on January 31st.

= = =**The Battle Of Sicily July 9th, 1943-August 17th, 1943**=

The Allies from Canada, US and Britain, invaded Sicily on July 9th, 1943. They attacked by planes on the nights of July 9th and 10th. After the air attacks, the Allies realized they did not have a plan. That left all the regiments to fight their own battles with little co-ordination. After fighting both Italians and Germans for over a month, the Axis forces ran away to the toe of Italy. The Allies had let their enemies get away because of no co-ordination. The Axis had escaped.

Italy Changes Sides September 8th, 1943
After the attacks on Sicily, and the fleeing of the Axis forces, Allies were free to run over Italy. Most of the Italian land had been captured when Italy opted to make peace. On September 3rd, 1943, Italy signed a secret Armistice with the Allies. The Germans were about to conference with Italy on September 8th, when the Armistice was Announced. This infuriated the Germans, as they had lost a key supporter.

= = =**The Battle of Normandy on June 6, 1944**=

The battle of Normandy took place from June 6, 1944 till mid-July 1944. The term D-Day refers to this historical event and great victory. The battle was an attack by the allied forces in which the US participated to reclaim the shores of Normandy France. The main countries fighting for the Allies are UK, US, Canada, and free France. They fought against the Axis to successfully gain control. The soldiers were deployed by submarines and boats on the shores that were fortified by a large citadel filled with Axis soldiers.

=**The Battle Of Normandy June 6th, 1944-Mid-July, 1944**=

After Germany invaded and took over France, the Allies launched a massive attack on the beaches of Normandy. Canada, US, Britain, Free France, Australia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Norway, and Poland attacked German forces in Normandy. The purpose of this large-scale attack was to break the Atlantic wall. The Allies had provided the Axis with false information that they were going to attack elsewhere. Thus, the Germans were not prepared for the assault and Normandy Beach was taken in a manner of days. Afterwards, Allied forces stormed out of the Normandy beachhead and battle for a month for control of the city. In Mid-July, that is exactly what they accomplished.