- to eliminate soviet forces in the south and secure the regions economic resources
- sandstorms blinded troops, in wet weather mud halted machinery, desert terrain make it hard to stay hidden, poisonous animals created problems
- japan was in reach of long range bombers, by the end of 1944 pilots were dropping bombs directly on japanese cities
- american carriers intervened while the japanese vulnerable (refueling and rearming planes)
- stalin wanted them to establish a second front to relieve the soviet union, the US and Britian felt they needed extra time to prepare for war, forcing germany out of north africa would allow a way for them to invade italy
- Roosevelt and Churchill traveled to Teheran Iran to have their first face-to-face with Stalin
- hitler told his people that they had taken stalingrad when really the soviets had surrounded the german forces
- yes, hitler sent his top divisions to the fake site while they attacked normandy
- allies gained complete control of the Mediterranean, paved the way for the invasion of Italy, ended the rule of Mussolini
- each side lost over half its men, American carriers Lexington and Yorktown badly damaged, japanese lost one aircraft
- american planes destroyed all 4 carriers and established naval superiority in the pacific
- complete, unqualified surrender of a belligerent nation without the possibility of negotiations
- attacks where soldiers tried to kill as many of the enemy as possible until they themselves were killed
- the japanese took the city of Nanjing and killed 200,000 innocent Chinese citizens
- 2400 people killed, 8 battleships severely damaged, 160 aircraft destroyed, USS Arizona
- hitler= labensraum, mussolini= italian empire, Tojo= japanese control of the western pacific and asia
- the japanese made the pows walk to their prison camps and they would torture them along the way
- hitlers declaration of war on the US made it easier to accept that Germanys defeat has to be the first priority, the group agreed to stress military operations while ignoring political differences and issues with post war settlements
- the carrier was detected before they had guessed so they had to fly a farther distance and hope to make it to russia and china
- increasing its territory on the asian mainland along with the idea of pan-asianism