Why was john hancock’s signature on the declaration important? he was the president and leader of the congress. he was the voice behind all movement for independence. he was the one who had originally proposed independence. he was the most prominent businessman in the colonies.

he was the voice behind all movement for independence.

“the battle of stalingrad is not a turning point necessarily in strategic terms, because a lot more has to be done before the soviets can be certain of defeating germany,” says renowned world war ii historian richard overy. the germans had fought nearly a thousand miles across the soviet union to get to stalingrad.