WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR II

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Battle of Kursk was considered a turning point because
A
Hitler was then on the defensive
B
Russia had lost access to ports
C
Russia lost massive numbers of soldiers
D
Hitler successfully conquered Russia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -He postponed the operation in order to await their arrival. Receiving reports of powerful Soviet concentrations behind the Kursk area, Hitler further delayed the offensive to allow for more equipment to reach the front.

Detailed explanation-2: -Battle of Stalingrad-The Turning Point of WW2 In 1942, Hitler sent an army south in an attempt to capture the Soviet Russian city that had been renamed after the Soviet leader Josef Stalin.

Detailed explanation-3: -The wider Battle of Kursk-from 5 July to 23 August 1943-was indeed a turning-point in World War Two. Soviet forces thwarted a huge Nazi counter-attack, after Adolf Hitler’s troops had suffered a colossal defeat at Stalingrad in the winter of 1942-43.

Detailed explanation-4: -It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favour of the Allies.

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