WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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was fulfilled by the invasion of North Africa.
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was made to deceive Stalin and encourage him to slow his army’s movement into Eastern Europe.
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was strongly supported by Churchill and British military leaders.
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proved utterly impossible to keep.
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Detailed explanation-1: -To relieve the enormous pressure on the Soviet Union, American President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had promised, on behalf of the United States and the United Kingdom, to open a second front in Western Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -Churchill and Roosevelt argued that any attempt to land troops in Western Europe would result in heavy casualties. Until the Soviet’s victory at Stalingrad in January, 1943, Stalin had feared that without a second front, Germany would defeat them.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviets wanted a second front in order to defeat Nazi Germany sooner. Stalin felt like the allies were using the Soviet forces as fodder to weaken the Nazi military. He was probably correct in some sense but the allies actually opened up 3 or 4 separate fronts on German forces.
Detailed explanation-4: - Stalin needed his allies to launch a full-scale invasion of western Europe to divert German forces from the Eastern Front. In other words, he was in desperate need of a Second Front. The Allies were assisting Soviets with supplies and $, but not troops.