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I wonder what war you are talking about, and whether it is WW1 or WW2.
WW1 mainly began to turn around in 1918.
WW2 mainly began to turn around on June 6, 1944 after the D-Day landings in Normandy.
Explanation:
The war on the western front in WW1 was a battle of attrition, with the constant bombarding of either side and waste of life as hundreds of men were sent 'over the top' into no man's land.
In 1916, the British produced the first Tanks, and used them at the Battle of the Somme, which was designed to be the beginning of the finishing blows against the Germans, however the Germans had dug in and were able to withstand the week long heavy bombardment and the mines set off. When the bombardment stopped, they were able to get back in time to their machine guns and mow down the lines of allied troops in no man's land.
This made the Somme a tragedy, but the new tanks were shown to be great assets in trench warfare, and could break through the deadlock the two sides had created.
The turning point of the first world war happened mainly after the German Spring Offensive in 1918, which was incredibly successful at first, but the supply lines got stretched so far, the troops had to retreat, surrender or threaten being destroyed by the allied armies. After that, the Germans continued the retreat back into Germany, where on the 11 of November in 1918, the armistice was signed and WW1 ended.
WW2 on the western front began to turn after the invasion of Normandy, France, in 1944, where a seaborne attack onto the beaches of Normandy took place.
Special tanks and weapons were formed to get on to the beaches, clear them of defenses and their defenders.
These tanks included the Duplex Drive Sherman- literally a swimming tank, the Churchill crocodile- a flame thrower tank, the Sherman/Churchill minesweepers and many more, I'd recommend reading into the topic.
There was also nightly bombing raids on Normandy before the invasion took place, to soften up some of the defenses, and the night of the invasion, Allied gliders and parachutists were sent in to capture and hold key strategic points such as bridges until the troops on the Normandy beaches could relieve them.
This invasion was a key turning point against Germany in Western Europe in WW2, and could be believe to have helped secure much of Europe from the Soviet Union, whom were on the offensive at this point in the war, most likely would have kept going until they reached the English Channel, which would have led us to see a much more different Europe than the one we have today.
Hope this answers your question, and educates you on the other War in Western Europe.
