1. Why had the tide turned in the Battle of the Atlantic by mid-1943?
By the mid-1943 the United States started to have the cargo ships going into convoys because they were safer in numbers. Also they had destroyers go with the cargo ships, which had radar that could see submarines; and they had planes following which had radar that could see U-boats coming. By the mid-1943, the United States was sinking the German U-boars faster than the Germans could build them. Another thing that benefited the U.S was that they stated a crash shipbuilding program that build 140 Liberty ships each month, which outnumbered the amount that were sinking.
2. What two key decisions determined the final outcome at Stalingrad?
Two key decisions that determined the final outcome at Stalingrad, were that Stalin would not let his troops back down, so they had to stay and fight, and the other decision was that they decided to have a counter attack again the Germans during the Winter. By having it in the Winter, the Germans started starving and they couldn't fight back because of the coldness of the Winter. In the end, the Soviet Union won, and it was the turning point for them to go toward Germany.
3. What was the outcome of the North African campaign?
The outcome of the North American campaign was that the United States along with the British troops were able to defeat the Germans, and to win back the land in Africa which the Nazi's took over.
4. What were the results of the Italian campaign?
When the Allies took Sicily, the Italians were so made that they kicked Mussolini out of power because he was not able to fight off the Allies and he was replaced by King Victor Emmanuel. Hitler did not want the Allies to get onto European soil so he sent German troops to fight the Allies, which caused one of the hardest battles for the United States, which was just 40 miles outside of Rome. The Allies had 25,000 casualties and the Axis had 30,000 casualties. The Allies could not take all of Italy until Germany itself was able to collapse.
5. Was the Allied invasion of Europe successful? Explain your answer.
At first the Allied invasion of Europe was not successful because they started off by trying to invade Italy, which did not go over very well for them. The Allies took forever to finally take Italy, and when they did it was when Germany was about to collapse. The Allies started to become successful when they went in through France. When they started Operation Overload, they started to be successful because they took France back, and were able to get into Germany from there.
6. Why was the Battle of the Bulge important?
The Battle of the Bulge was important because it was Germany's last attempt to push through the Allie forces. In the end of all the fighting the Germans were not able to get Antwerp, a port in Belgium, back. The reason why this battle was so important was that the Germans lost 120,000 troops, 600 tanks and assault guns, and 1,600 planes, which could not be replaced. This meant that all the Nazis could do is retreat.
7. What the significance of V-E day?
V-E day stands for the Victory in Europe day. The significance of it is that it was the war in Europe was finally over.
8. Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
Dwight D. Eisenhower was an American General during World War II.
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 because the Axis powers were out of control and if they had any form of power than it could have gone badly since most of their leaders were close to totalitarianism, which is not good. All of the countries needed to completely surrender in order for the rest of the countries to be safe, especially since some of the countries did not follow through with agreements while under Axis Power. For example Germany went against the treaty they made with the U.S.S.R to not attack each other. The Axis powers proved many times that they could not be trusted in any way.
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