How Hard Were the Days for Germany in 1944? Caught Between the Eastern and Western Fronts, Collapse Was Only a Matter of Time

Once Dominant in World War II, Germany Was Now on Its Last Legs

By the time the timeline of World War II reached 1944, Germany, which had once swept across Europe, was already in its twilight.

On the Eastern Front, 8 million Soviet troops were fully prepared, ready to liberate all their territory.

On the Western Front, 3 million Allied forces were also eagerly waiting, ready to open up a second front and deliver the final blow to Germany.

Germany, caught between two fronts, was like having a yoke thrown around its neck, always on the brink of asphyxiation.

Rapid Collapse on the Eastern Front

Looking back at the year before 1944, Germany’s strategic situation seemed not too bad; there was still hope for a victory.

On the Eastern Front, after the battles of the Dnieper River and the Right-bank Ukraine campaign, the Soviet Union suffered 3 million military casualties, at one point leading to a shortage of troops.

In the Italian campaign, although the German-Italian forces in North Africa were annihilated in Tunisia following the Battle of…