USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the Allied powers trap German troops in Tunisia?
A
The British drove Rommel and his troops toward Tunisia from the east, and Allied forces pushed in from the west.
B
The Allies staged a massive land-air invasion into Tunisia from the Mediterranean Sea.
C
Montgomery led a bombing campaign that forced the Germans to move out of Algeria and into Tunisia.
D
The Allies convinced the Vichy French troops to help them push the Germans out of Algeria and toward Tunisia.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Allies convinced the Vichy French troops to help them push the Germans out of Algeria and toward Tunisia.

Detailed explanation-2: -The attack convinced Americans that force was necessary to stop Japan’s aggression. How did the Allied powers trap German troops in Tunisia? The British drove Rommel and his troops toward Tunisia from the east, and Allied forces pushed in from the west.

Detailed explanation-3: -Six days later, on May 13, 1943, the Axis forces in North Africa, having sustained 40, 000 casualties in Tunisia alone, surrendered; 267, 000 German and Italian soldiers became prisoners of war.

Detailed explanation-4: -When he first faced the Germans in Tunisia in February 1943, his forces took a brutal beating in the battle of the Kasserine Pass. The battle is regarded by some as the most humiliating U.S. combat setback in World War II, with American forces suffering more than 6, 000 casualties.

Detailed explanation-5: -Stand at El Alamein It bordered both the Mediterranean and the Qattara Depression, a sea of quicksand impassable to mechanised forces. The summer of 1942 saw the defeat of Rommel’s final efforts to break through into Egypt. The initiative now lay with the British.

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