War for Europe & North Africa

1. To what did Roosevelt and Churchill agree early in the war?
That Germany and Italy presented a greater threat than Japan, therefore America and Britain focused most of their resources, technology and men into fighting the war against the european axis powers at the beginning of the war. This was mostly Churchill's idea because Britain was located so close to Germany it was in much more danger than the US and therefore was much more eager to defeat Germany than America, a nation separated by two oceans on either side from its enemies, was.

2. Why was winning the Battle of the Atlantic so crucial to the fortunes of the Allies?
The Battle of the Atlantic:
This battle took place in the Atlanic ocean. Britain relied heavily on supplies from america all of which were tranported by ship and presented easy targets for german submarines. January - April of 1942 germany was able to sink over 87 US ships by August that same year Germany had sunk a total of 681 ships.
Allies' Solution:
Britain and the US decided to protect their ships by sending them in groups called convoys this gave the ships mutual suport. The ships were also accompanied by destroyers equipped with radar which could spot out the enemy ships/submarines and sink them if they were in the way.

3. Why was the Battle of Stalingrad so important?
It was a huge turning point in the war for the Soviet Union. After its victory in Stalingrad the USSR began to push westward toward Berlin. Stalingrad was as far east as Germany got at the hight of its power.

4. What happened in the war in North Africa?
Stalin wanted Britain and the US to start an invasion across the English Channel but neither Churchill nor Roosevelt believed that the allies had enough men or resources to begin an invasion on european soil therefore they decided to begin a campaign in the Axis territories of North Africa instead.

5. What happened after the Allies invaded Italy?
Benito Musalini resigned from his possision of dictator and was arrested
Germany invaded Italy and fought american and British troops near Rome.