Death in snow & sand: Allied forces were ensured victory as U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower and troops came into Tunisia. On the Eastern Front, Germany was dealt its first major defeat at the hands of the Russians for the Battle of Stalingrad, totally destroying the German Panzer Korps. Out-blitzing the blitzkrieg: With the German retreat as the Allies landed on Sicily under the command of U.S. General George Patton, the Russians battled on the Eastern Front with their new T-54 tank, defeating the German armies and the Allies then take over at Normandy on D-Day.