re: Russia Unveils New Main Battle Tank, Among Other Things

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Wrong, the Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943) was the turning point of the war on the Eastern Front and it began a mere 8 months after we got in the war.

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Stalingrad stopped the German thrust into the USSR, but it wasn't until Kursk that the Russians were able to expel the Germans from the USSR and begin their drive west. Notice that in my original post I said when the soviets started steam rolling through eastern europe. They still had to defend against the Kursk offensive after Stalingrad it wasn't until later in 1943 and into 1944 that they regained their territory and "broke out" into eastern europe.
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After Kursk and Stalingrad the Germans could not replenish their forces especially their tank forces and stop the Soviets.

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According to economic historian Adam Tooze, in his book The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy, a turning point in the bomber offensive was reached in March 1943, during the Battle of the Ruhr. Over five months 34,000 tons of bombs were dropped. Following the raids, steel production fell by 200,000 tons, making a shortfall of 400,000 tons. Speer acknowledged that the RAF were hitting the right targets, and raids severely disrupted his plans to increase production to meet increasing attritional needs. Between July 1943 and March 1944 there were no further increases in the output of aircraft.[150]

The bombing of Hamburg in 1943 also produced impressive results. Tiger tank production, and the manufacture of 88mm guns, the most potent dual-purpose artillery piece in the Wehrmacht was "set back for months". On top of this, some 62 percent of the population was dehoused causing more difficulties. However, RAF Bomber Command allowed itself to be distracted by Harris' desire for a war winning blow, and attempted the fruitless missions to destroy Berlin and end the war by spring, 1944.[151]

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