War for Europe and North Africa - Part Il

6. What was D-Day?

It was the first day of the Allies invasion on Germany behind enemy lines, followed the next day by thousands and thousands of seaborne soldiers.

7. What happened at the Battle of the Bulge?

When tanks drove 60 miles into Allies territory, creating a bulge in the lines.

8. What did Allied troops find in Germany?

The death camps, where the U.S.S.R. found a thousand starving prisoners barely alive, the world's largest crematorium and a storehouse filled with 800,000 shoes.

9. What happened to Hitler? What happened to F.D. Roosevelt? Who became U.S. President?

He married his long time love and then wrote out a letter where he blamed the Jews and the generals for losing the war. Then he shot himself while his wife drank poison.
F.D.R. died on April 12, 1945 of a stroke and then Vice President Harry S. Truman became the 33rd president.

War for Europe & North Africa

1. To what did Roosevelt and Churchill agree early in the war?

That Germany and Italy posed a greater threat than Japan, Churchill convinced Roosevelt to strike against Hitler.

2. Why was winning the Battle of the Atlantic so crucial to the fortunes of the Allies?

Because Britian depended on supplies from the sea. The 3,000-mile-long shipping lanes from North America were her lifeline. Hitler knew that if he could cut off that lifeline, Britian would be starve for submission.

3. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad so important?

Because it was the first great turning point for the Allies to see victories on land as well as at sea.

4. What happened in the war in North Africa?

Allied troops, of mostly Americans, went to Africa to fight and win to be "masters of the North African shores".

5. What happened after the Allies invaded Italy?

Mussolini resigned and Italy cheered because they thought the war was over however Hitler had a different plan.