Merely capturing the Caucasus was not the aim of Operation Blau, but the acquisition of its resources (primarily oil). These resources would require infrastructure, logistics, and long-term extraction. The entire region once held, would have to have been secured against any potential offensives by the Red Army.
How far did the Germans get in the Caucasus?
Panzer of German III Panzer Korps reached what will be the farthest point to the southeast reached by the German military when it was halted by Soviet forces 5 miles outside Ordshonikidze, Azerbaijan. All German offensive operations in the Caucasus region of southern Russia was suspended.
Why did the Axis powers want to take Stalingrad?
Stalingrad was strategically important to both sides as a major industrial and transport hub on the Volga River. Whoever controlled Stalingrad would have access to the oil fields of the Caucasus; and control of the Volga.
What would happen if Turkey joined the Axis?
Originally Answered: How would Turkey affect WW2 if it joined the axis in 1939? Its most effective use could have been to attack and occupy the middle east to deprive Britain of the oil and supply it to Germany. It would also haven given a second avenue of attack into Egypt and to capture the strategic Suez canal.
Who were in the Axis?
The Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) were opposed by the Allied Powers (led by Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union). Five other nations joined the Axis during World War II: Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Croatia.
What if the Soviets lost Stalingrad?
With no heavy loses at Stalingrad, Germany still have the battle-hardened troops available to continue their expansion eastwards. They now also have fully operational oil refineries at their disposal whilst the Soviets would be cut off from their main supplies.
What if Stalingrad was captured?
Quote from video: Even so the germans were still so terribly supplied that a victory against the russians is uncertain thus let's say the germans are very lucky and able to hold the volga line against the russians.
What if Great Britain joined the Axis?
Quote from video: Joseph stalin agreeing that the two countries wouldn't treat each other as enemies or allies. So long as the ussr stays out of germany's.
Why did Turkey not join the Axis in ww2?
Quote from video: It was in fact down to turkish italian tensions due to mussolini wanting to dominate the Mediterranean. So the mutual assistance pact.
What if Spain joined ww2?
If Spain had joined the axis it would likely have assaulted Gibraltar and it might have succeeded at that. This would have deprived the Royal Navy of an important base and complicated the entire Mediterranean Sea struggle including the battles for control of Egypt and Libya and the Suez Canal.
What did the Axis powers want?
Ideology. The Axis powers’ primary goal was territorial expansion at the expense of their neighbors. In ideological terms, the Axis described their goals as breaking the hegemony of the plutocratic Western powers and defending civilization from Communism.
Why was the Axis called the Axis?
After negotiating a friendship with Germany in October, on November 1, 1936, Mussolini stood in front of Milan’s cathedral and made their informal relationship official. That alliance became known as the Rome-Berlin Axis, named after Mussolini’s speech.
What did the Axis powers do?
At their peak during World War II, the Axis Powers ruled much of Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Some people in Italy called the Italian Empire the New Roman Empire. The Italians conquered Ethiopia and Albania prior the break out of World War II. They were the first major power to surrender to the Allies.
Would Russia have won ww2 without the US?
Most Russians believe the Soviet military would have been able to win World War II without the efforts of the U.S. or its allies, a new poll finds. The Soviet Union suffered the most casualties in the conflict, and the issue is highly emotional for many Russians.
Could the Axis have won WWII?
The Axis could never defeat the remote, enormous, and industrially powerful United States, so they needed to defeat either Britain or the Soviet Union.
What would have happened if the US didn’t enter ww2?
Without the American entry into World War II, it’s possible Japan would have consolidated its position of supremacy in East Asia and that the war in Europe could have dragged on for far longer than it did.
What did axis mean in ww2?
the Axis in American English
the countries aligned against the Allies in WWII. originally applied to Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy (Rome-Berlin Axis), later extended to include Japan, etc. ( Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis)
Who was in the Axis powers in ww1?
The three principal partners in the Axis alliance were Germany, Italy, and Japan. These three countries recognized German domination over most of continental Europe; Italian domination over the Mediterranean Sea; and Japanese domination over East Asia and the Pacific.
Why did Japan switch sides in ww2?
Quote from video: The issue that Japanese leaders had was that they didn't want to immediately antagonize. The Western democracies. And so it dallied in making any formal commitments.
Why did Italy switch sides in ww2?
Military disaster. Only in June 1940, when France was about to fall and World War II seemed virtually over, did Italy join the war on Germany’s side, still hoping for territorial spoils. Mussolini announced his decision—one bitterly opposed by his foreign minister, Galeazzo Ciano—to huge crowds across Italy on June 10.
How did Switzerland stay out of ww2?
During World War I and World War II, Switzerland maintained armed neutrality, and was not invaded by its neighbors, in part because of its topography, much of which is mountainous. Germany was a threat and Switzerland built a powerful defense.
What side was Finland on in ww2?
Nazi Germany
In fact, Finland allied itself with Nazi Germany during the second world war not to prevent Soviet conquest but to win back territories lost to the USSR as a result of the winter war of 1939-40. The peace treaty that ended the war in March 1940 left Finnish independence intact.
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