German Weaknesses/Allied Strengths Response

1. Richard Overy argues that "The war was won in 1945 not from German weaknesses but from Allied strengths." How far do you agree with this statement.

         I disagree with this statement by perceiving the Allied victory as majorly a result of German strategic mistakes and weaknesses.  Germany proved this by starting out strong in their initial invasion of France, crumbling from that point in a mixture of problematic military strategy and mistaken war declarations.  The Allied powers did overcome Germany 
by their many strengths, but without the key mistakes by Germany, those wouldn't have been enough.

         One example of German defeat caused by their own weaknesses was in Operation Barbarossa, where they failed in invading the Soviet Union.  Starting a war on another front, not to mention a nation 80 times their size with an outnumbered army was their first lapse in judgement.  The German army was not prepared for such a long invasion, especially not for the harsh Russian winters, which killed many German soldiers.  Their supply line was too far stretched, and the German army committed violent, horrible acts upon civilians, letting the country unite together stronger than ever.  This led to a severe loss in armored divisions, trying to concentrate units in only a few divisions, making them clearly outnumbered by the Russians.  Because of these flaws, Germany was forced to retreat from Russia.

           Overall the weaknesses of the Axis powers, (namely Germany) led to defeat.  In the Battle of Britain, Germany did not fully commit its armed forced to the battle, allowing Britain to survive and resist in many other fronts, dividing the concentration of German forces and resources.  A major problem Hitler suffered from was declaring war on the U.S., assuming Japan would deal with them, when in fact their number one priority was Hitler.  His strategies failed by producing the wrong weapons, producing V-rockets instead of jet rockets, which could have helped fend off the bombing attacks by the Allies. They faced resource shortages throughout the war which weakened the German force.   In a combination of all of these mistakes, it was Germany that allowed the Allies to gain strength despite their initial successes.