HW 15

1.)
1. Pearl Harbor was the first attack on US soil and led to the US introduction in the war
2. Midway marked the end of the advancing of the Japanese navy
3. El Alamein was the first time British forces defeated German troops in Africa
4. Stalingrad marked the first loss of the German army at the hands of the Soviets
5. The battle of the atlantic was the US and British ships dealing with German U-Boats
6. Allied bombing of Germany was highly effective in destroying German factories

A.) second front: a war on two fronts; area bombing: Instead of a single target, bombs that target a given area; the Allies: US, USSR, Great Britain, France; Operation Torch: Allied invasion of Northern Africa

B.) The fighting in the Pacific theatre of war faced challenges in humidity, which was not an issue in the European theatre, just as intense cold was not a problem in the Pacific theatre.