USA HISTORY

WORLD WAR II 1941 1945

THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Directed the campaign in North Africa, led the Third Army to liberate Paris.
A
Eisenhower
B
Bradley
C
Patton
D
MacArthur
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Torch. Meanwhile, on 8 November 1942, the Allies had landed in French North Africa (Morocco and Algeria). The invasion force, codenamed Operation Torch, was commanded by General Dwight Eisenhower and included the British 1st Army.

Detailed explanation-2: -The liberation began when the French Forces of the Interior-the military structure of the French Resistance-staged an uprising against the German garrison upon the approach of the US Third Army, led by General George Patton.

Detailed explanation-3: -SEPTEMBER 2, 1945 By the end of the war, Patton had led Third Army on eight major campaigns across France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Austria. Third Army becomes part of the Army of Occupation, remaining in Germany until 1947.

Detailed explanation-4: -Between 1940 and 1943 British and Commonwealth troops, together with contingents from occupied European countries and the United States, fought an ultimately successful campaign to clear North Africa of German and Italian forces. At the heart of the Allied effort was the 2nd New Zealand Division.

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