HW 11

A.

1. The white cliffs represent Britain, the sinking boat represents the Royal Navy, the lion may be symbolic of the United States, the captain is Churchill, and the sharks are the German U-boats.
2. The sharks are biting off parts of the lion, which may represent Germany's plans to defeat the US using U-boats.
   
3. The German cartoonist may have been trying to make the point that Germany would win the Battle of the Atlantic even though Britain had the aid of the US.
   
4. It does not seem like the cartoonist was accurate. While the U-boats were very effective at first, the Allies eventually developed ways to fight back against them.

B.

• The Nazi-Soviet Pact stated that Russia and Germany would not attack each other when both countries invaded different parts of Poland.
• Operation Barbarossa was the massive German invasion of the USSR.
• Scorched-earth policy refers to destroying things so that the enemy cannot use them.
  
• Neutrality is the decision to not join either side of a conflict.
• Lend-Lease aid refers to America's trade with countries involved in the war.
  
• The Tripartite Axis Pact was the alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan.
• The United Nations was created as a result of WWII, replacing the League of Nations as an international organization.
• WWII was a global-war because it involved countries from North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia.
  
• U-boats were German submarines used to attack the Allies' ships.
• Convoys were large groups of ships that were protected by the navy.
• The Battle of the Atlantic was the battle between the Allies and the German U-boats.

A.

• Second front: The war in the east, as opposed to the war in Europe.
• Area bombing: The tactic of bombing everything in a target area.
• The Allies: Countries that opposed the Axis. Included Britain, France, the United States, Russia, Australia, and Canada.
• Operation Torch: The British and American invasion of Morocco and Algeria.

B.

• Similar: It was likely hot and uncomfortable in both places. Both battles were Allied attacks on the Axis forces. Both battles involved brutal fighting.
  
• Different: El Alamein was in Egypt, where it was probably dry and flat, while New Guinea was probably humid and mountainous. Fighting in New Guinea probably involved a lot of guerrilla warfare, while the Battle of El Alamein was largely based around tanks.