Why did the Allies win WWII? (Continued)

War Strategies in WWII

United States, Great Britain, Canada, New Zealand, Australia

• Defeat Germany first
• At the same time, the US will fight Japan in the Pacific
• Give aid to USSR to help against the Germans in the East (some debate on how much this helped)
  
• Attack through North Africa and move up through Italy
• US/GB launch an invasion into France, opening a second front
• Weakening Germany through bombing
• Securing N. Atlantic
  

Italy, Germany

• Germany conquers Europe + invades Great Britain
• Germany tries to make Great Britain surrender
• German army hopes to defeat USSR by Fall 1941 and begin colonizing it
• Italy and Germany try to go through North Africa to take the Middle East
• Germany tried to secure oil in the Caucusus Mountains

Japan

• Japan wanted to gain control of SE Asia
• Japan tried to avoid fighting both US and GB at the same time
• Preemptive strike in Hawaii
• Get resources in the Pacific
  

USSR

• Scorched Earth tactics
• Move the factories to safety
• Build up weapons
• Hold off until winter, counterattack

Turning Points

• Stalingrad (USSR vs. Germany)
  
• El Alamein (GB vs. Germany)
  
• Midway (US vs. Japan- Navy, intelligence)
  
• Battle of the Atlantic (US/GB vs. Germany- U-boats, Convoys)
  
• Kursk (Russia vs. Germany- Tanks)
  
• D-Day (US/GB vs. Germany- Largest amphibious assault in history- 9,500 planes, 4,600 ships, 176,000 soldiers)
  

Use of tanks, naval power and air power all changed dramatically since WWI and were all very important factors in the Allied victory in WWII.