Section 4

North America has deserts and contains making it challenging for soldiers. Dealing eight sandstorms, poisonous animals and hills.

Compare the war in Italy to the war in North Africa

Axis Power goals: to increase their power and territory. Allies: to defeat the Axis Powers

Describe the goals of Allied and Axis Powers. How were these goals similar and different?

Both sides need access to oil in order to keep fighting. Oil fields are important for both sides

How did access to oil fields play an important role in the beginning of World War II?

The jungle and the unpleasant, unfair terrain on Guadalcanal made it very difficult to fight

How might the conditions on Guadalcanal affect the course of the war in the Pacific?

A Japanese victory at Midway would have forced American defenses back to the California coast, leaving much of the Pacific under Japanese county and making it difficult for the U.S navy to defend Hawaii.

What impact would a Japanese victory at Midway have had on the war in the Pacific?

The Allies wanted to inflict maximum damage on Germany and destroy Germanys ability to make war.

What were the goals of Allied bombing runs over Germany? How did the saturation and strategic bombing help fulfill these goals?

Stalin wanted another front because the Soviet Union was enduring heavy losses on the Eastern Front.

Why did Stalin want the Allies to open up another front in France? Why did the Allies avoid doing this until 1944?

After the Battle of Stalingrad, the Soviet Union went on the offensive and bean to push back against Germany

Why was the Battle of Stalingrad "the true turning point of the war in Europe"?