War for Europe and North Africa

1. Why had the tide turned in the Battle of the Atlantic by mid-1943?    
Germans were using U-Boats to sink American cargo ships so that Britain wouldn't get supplies. This was proving very successful, but America responded by having convoys escorted by destroyer ships with sonar and plans cross together so that they would be able to find and destroy U-Boats. This proved very successful and the Americans were sinking the U-Boats faster than Germany could make them.


2. What two key decisions determined the final outcome at Stalingrad?      
The two key decisions that determined the final outcome at Stalingrad were Hitler not letting his troops leave and the USSR using the winter as a time to stage a massive counter-attack.

3. What was the outcome of the North African campaign?       
Allied troops landed in Africa and chased the Afrika Korps eastwards until they surrendered in May 1943

4. What were the results of the Italian campaign?          
The Allies attacked in Sicily and the Italian army collapsed. The Italian government was shocked and forced dictator Benito Mussolini to resign. He was arrested and called "the most hated man in Italy".  Italians celebrated teh end of the war, but Hitler wanted to fight in Italy rather than Germany, so he sent troops there and the battle "Bloody Anzio" was 4 months long resulting in 25,000 ally deaths and 30,000 axis deaths. 
    

5. Was the Allied invasion of Europe successful? Explain your answer.      
       The allied invasion of Europe was successful. Despite losing lots of people, this was what was necessary to successfully invade Europe. And in the end, they were able to free France, Luxembourg and Belgium.

6. Why was the Battle of the Bulge important?              
It was a last-chance effort by the Germans and they lost too many soldiers and weapons to replace so they couldn't do much after that.

7. What the significance of V-E day?          
It signified that the war was finally over

8. Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?            
An American General who commanded the D-Day attack

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 unconditional surrender by the Axis powers because it would show that the Allies really won the war by a lot and that the Axis knows that they have been defeated and a statement has been made to show that they would lose again. They wont think "we almost won, maybe we can if we try again".