USA HISTORY

In 1942-1943, the British and American war effort against the Nazis concentrated on

(A) freeing France from German control.

(B) protecting England.

(C) ** fighting in North Africa and southern Europe

(D) supporting the Russians

(E) stopping the Holocaust

Concept note-1: -Answer and Explanation: The Allied powers won the fighting in North Africa in 1943. Following years of back and forth fighting between Axis and Allied powers in the area, the US and Britain joined together and sent in thousands of troops.

Concept note-2: -Fought near the western frontier of Egypt between 23 October and 4 November 1942, El Alamein was the climax and turning point of the North African campaign in the Second World War (1939-45). The Axis army of Italy and Germany suffered a decisive defeat by the British Eighth Army.

Concept note-3: -The battle for North Africa was primarily a struggle for control of the Suez Canal and access to oil from the Middle East and raw materials from Asia, but also an effort to drive Italy out of the war as a prelude to invasion of southern Europe and a planned bombing campaign against Germany.

Concept note-4: -The North African campaign of the Second World War took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts (Western Desert Campaign, also known as the Desert War) and in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch), as well as Tunisia (Tunisia Campaign).