stopping the germans Flashcards
(11 cards)
North Africa in ww2
In World War II, North Africa was a major theatre of conflict where the Allies fought against the Axis powers, primarily centered around gaining control of the Suez Canal and access to Middle Eastern oil, with key battles taking place in the Western Desert (Egypt and Libya), Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, culminating in the Allied victory at the Tunisia campaign, effectively pushing the Axis out of North Africa by May 1943; this campaign is often referred to as “Operation Torch” when discussing the Allied landings in French North Africa in 1942.
Reasons they started in North Africa?
In World War II, the Allies, particularly the British and Americans, chose to begin their offensive in North Africa primarily because it offered a strategic pathway to the vital Suez Canal, access to Middle Eastern oil reserves, and a way to put pressure on the Axis forces while simultaneously relieving pressure on the Eastern Front by drawing troops away from the Soviet Union
Rommel
Erwin Rommel, October 14, 1944, Herrlingen, near Ulm) was a German field marshal who became the most popular general at home and gained the open respect of his enemies with his spectacular victories as commander of the Afrika Korps in World War II. known as desert fox
Patton
George Smith Patton Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. known as “Patton Saber.”
the atlantic
The Battle of the Atlantic was a continuous operation beginning in September 1939 until Germany’s surrender in May 1945. Germany’s warships and submarines, U-boats, focused on sinking merchant shipping, thereby reducing the amount of supplies reaching the United Kingdom and other European Allies.
The Atlantic Ocean was significant in World War II because it served as the crucial supply route between the United States and Great Britain,
blackouts
“Blackouts” during World War II referred to a practice where civilians in cities and towns were required to turn off all lights at night, covering windows with blackout curtains, to prevent enemy aircraft from easily identifying potential targets and bombing locations, essentially obscuring the city from aerial view
convoy system
a tactic where groups of merchant ships, carrying vital supplies, traveled together across the ocean protected by a fleet of naval escort vessels, primarily used to combat the threat of German U-boats, especially in the Atlantic, by creating a concentrated defensive force against attacks and making it harder for submarines to target individual ships
new technology used?
such as synthetic rubber, the jeep, the atomic bomb, duct tape, flu vaccines, penicillin, the pulse jet, cluster bombss, decompression chamber many more
Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a World War II battle that took place from July 17, 1942 to February 2, 1943. The battle was a Soviet victory that stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union. It is considered a turning point in the war and one of the greatest battles of World War II. German soliders were too cold and not prepared for war, house to house fighting,
Why was Stalingrad a turning point in the war?
The Battle of Stalingrad is widely considered a turning point in World War II because it marked the moment the Soviet Union decisively halted the German advance on the Eastern Front, inflicting heavy losses on the German army and significantly shifting the momentum of the war in favor of the Allies, leading to a sustained Soviet offensive towards Germany itself.
Why did the Germans lose Stalingrad?
The Germans lost the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II because they were surrounded and cut off from supplies by the Soviet Union. The Germans were also fighting in harsh winter conditions, which they were not accustomed to.
