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20 Cards in this Set
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Whos winning in Africa during early WW2
Hint: After Pearl Harbor |
Axis, by dominating through expansion met with little resistance after Pearl Harbor |
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German Expansion |
Germany expanded deep into the Soviet Union, most of North Africa, and closing in on the Middle East |
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Afrika Korps |
Strong German Army dominating over North Africa |
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Importnance of the Suez Canal |
Major Source of Allied oil, that is critical for war |
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US Supply line to Europe |
Halted/damaged by German U-Boats |
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the Look for a 2nd Front |
Allies searching for a new way to break into Europe in the South or Eastern part |
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Idea of Stalin |
Wanted Allies to Invade Western Europe, halting German Expansion farther into the Soviet Union |
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Idea of the British |
Assault Northern Africa, halting the German Expansion into the Suez Canal and Northern Africa |
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Idea of FDR/America |
Sides with British, and adds that Allies are not ready to invade Europe yet |
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September 1942 |
Axis controls Europe, Western Soviet Union, Northern Africa, and expanding into the Middle East |
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Axis goals |
Gain control of the Suez Canal for Oil, as well as expand into Middle East |
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Allies goals |
Protect Britain, while gaining moral victories |
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Africa Liberation in 1941 |
400,000 Allied troops (Mostly US) assault Tanzania with victory, liberating Europe and complete control of the Suez Canal |
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Africa in 1942 |
German Presence, but now mainly under Allied control |
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Big Three Conference (1943) |
Casablanca
Decide to delay the invasion of Europe to 1944 (One year) |
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Operation HUSKY |
Invasion of Italy in 1943 by the Allies
Allied victory, with successful overthrow of Mussolini |
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Operation OVERLORD |
Invasion of Europe in 1944
D-day (June 6 1944) |
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Erwin Rommel |
"Desert-Fox"
Leader of the Afrika Korps
Seen as a "god-like" figure |
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Bernard Montgomery |
"Monty"
Lead the Allied forces against the Afrika Korps |
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Dwight Eisenhower |
"Ike"
Leader of the US troops in Northern Africa |
