Wednesday, November 28, 2012

War for Europe and North Africa

1. Why had the tide turned in the Battle of the Atlantic by mid-1943?    

The tide had turned in the Battle of the Atlantic by mid-1943 by the Allies organizing their cargo ships into conveys. The conveys were escorted across the Atlantic with sonar for detecting under water submarines, and with also airplanes that had radars which could spot U-boats on the ocean's surface. With this they could find and destroys Germany's U-boats faster than they could rebuild them.


2. What two key decisions determined the final outcome at Stalingrad?      
The two key decisions that determined the final outcome at Stalingrad were that Hitler and his troops decided to control the city of Stalingrad and had almost conquered it until winter and the Soviet's trapped them in the city with their tanks so that there was no way that the German's could get out. 

3. What was the outcome of the North African campaign?       
The Outcome of the North African campaign was that America and Britain ended up conquering the North African front. 

4. What were the results of the Italian campaign?    
The result of the Italian campaign was that Mussolini was arrested and stripped from his title of being Italy's dictator.     
    

5. Was the Allied invasion of Europe successful? Explain your answer.    
The allied invasion of Europe was successful  because they were able to free some European countries such as France, Belgium and Luxembourg.
       

6. Why was the Battle of the Bulge important?    
The battle of the bulge was important because it was shown that the Nazi's could be beat and they also lost a lot of men and supplies that they had to rebuild and regain.          


7. What the significance of V-E day?       
The significance of V-E day is that Hitler was died, the concentration and death camps came to an end and the European war was over.   


8. Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?  
Dwight D. Eisenhower was the American general that commanded the invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa.          


9. Do you agree with the decision made by Roosevelt and Churchill to require unconditional surrender by the Axis powers? Why or why not?        

I agree with the decision made by Roosevelt and Churchill to require the unconditional surrender by the Axis powers because it showed all of the other countries that they should be afraid of America and Britain