In your opinion what was the turning point in world war II?

Question

Was it D-Day, the Battle of Alamein, Pearl Harbor, or the Battle of Midway? And Why?

Answer 1

Midway was the turning point of World War Two, because Japan lost much of it's carrier fleet to American dive-bombers.

Answer 2

I think you have to look at it in 2 ways . The one would be against Germany and Italy and the second with Japan. In scene 1 I look at Alamein because German forces in North Africa were retreating and North Africa was lost. We must look at the same time the Battle of Stalingrad where the Germans were fighting a near stalemate with the Red Army with no end in sight.Without significant additions in the military arsenal the Germans were in a winless situation.
The turning point in the war in the Pacific is Midway because the Japanese navy would not have the effectiveness it had before Midway and the island hopping began for the Americans which would eventually end at Okinawa in 1945 and the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We must also look at Pearl Harbor because the Japanese did not finish the job there although they did cause plenty of damage and death.Without destroying only a part of the fleet and neglecting the oil supplies the Americans were crippled but not eliminated. Japan had awakened a sleeping giant. It also gave the Russians the Lend Lease the British were getting as early in 1940. It was a combination of a couple of arenas that turned the war around for the Allies.

Answer 3

I would go with Stalingrad; after that the major Axis power-Germany could have seen the writing on the wall. Alamein was pretty much a sideshow battle--though a great morale lifter, especially for Britain. D-Day was very important and Midway turned the tide in the Pacific. Stalingrad saw several Axis armies either captured or badly maimed (I'm speaking not only off the battle for the central city but the follow-on ring battles against the Italian, Hungarian and Romaian armies.

Answer 4

In Europe, I'd say it was the Battle of Stalingrad

"he Battle of Stalingrad is considered by many historians to have been the turning point in World War Two in Europe. The battle at Stalingrad bled the German army dry in Russia and after this defeat, the Germany Army was in full retreat."

Please see link 1

In the Pacific, it was Midway

"The Battle of Midway: Turning Point in the Pacific Campaign 3 - 7 June 1942"

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Answer 5

The Battle of Britain.

The Germany Army and Air Forces suffered it's first defeat. They failed to destroy the British Army and take Great Britain out of the war. The Luftwaffe lost it's offensive capabilities, and air superiority over Britain and the Channel. Britain was slowly destroy the German surface fleet, and the convoy supply lines remained open. At Dunkirk Great Britain was defended by 1 Canadian Division and the Home Guard, with 44 tanks total. That was the turning point. As Churchill said "This is not the beginning of the end, but it is the end of the beginning." Germany lost the initiative.

Answer 6

There are many of course. The abandonment of the attempt to invade Britain by Hitler, Hitler's attack on Russia, Hitler's failure to take Malta, the failure of the Nazis at El Alamein, and others.
But mine comes earlier:
It is Hitler's decision to push forward his timetable by three years, that doomed the Third Reich to lose the war it could have won. The lack of U-boats, heavy bombers, jet planes, atom bombs,airplanes, and much more can all be traced to the precipitate haste with which the control freak Chancellor ignored the advice of military and economic experts and rushed into a premature war.

Glad he did; but the decisive event was his mistake in invading Poland when he did after the Czechoslovakian takeover and Chamberlain's enabling surrender to his purposes. The world's other national leaders had to arm to oppose him then; and he had no real chance from the beginning.