War for Europe & North Africa

1. To what did Roosevelt and Churchill agree early in the war?-
Roosevelt and Churchill both agreed that they should join forces against the Access powers and that they should have a meeting about war plans ASAP. At the meeting Chirchill convinces Roosevelt that they shouold be worries about the germans first because they were a greater threat than the Japanese.

2. Why was winning the Battle of the Atlantic so crucial to the fortunes of the Allies?-
Winning the battle of the Atlantic was crutical to the fortunes of the Allies because if the German U-boats kept sinking the Supplies ships to Britian to America the British would never get supplies. By putting the ships into convoys escored by sinkers and planes with readers the boats arrived saftley, and the Germans U-boats were slowed down immensley.

3. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad so important?-
The Battle of Salingrad was very important because the Germans were going to capture/ conqure Stalingrad because it had oil and factories that would help them in the war. The Germans thought it was going to be an easy battle they had nightly air bombings on the city and buildings were set ablaze. When winter hit the Soviets led a counter attack becasue they could get their tanks around with the newly fallen snow. They surrounded Stalingrad and traped the GErman troops inside of the city. Many people on the soviet side were killed more than all the Americans in the whole war. But most Germans surrendered becasue they were freezing. The victory of the Soviet Union was a turing poin in the war becasue from this pont on the Soviet Army was able to take back their land and push Germany back to the West.

4. What happened in the war in North Africa?-
Operation Tourch was when the allied powers opened up a new front in North Africa in order to divert German troops away from the Soviet Unions front. 107,000 Allied troops landed in Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers in North Africa. From their the went east chasing the Afrika Korps which was led by General Erwin Rommel. After a few months the Afrika Korps surrendered in May of 1943.

5. What happened after the Allies invaded Italy?-
When the allied troops invaded Italy(Sisley first) in 1943, because of the capture of Sisley the italian government forced Mussolini to resign. He was the "most hated person in Italy." The Italians were celebrating the end of the war, but Hitler was determinded to make the Allied powers stop capturing Italy that way they wouldnt get into Germany. The "Battle of Bloody Anzio" was the hardest battle teh Allies fought in Italy and it lasted for 4 months (May 1944.) The attempt to free Italy didnt succeed until 1945 when Germany itself was close to collapse.