WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Question
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Mussolini switched sides and joined the Allies against Hitler.
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Japan’s surrender allowed the Allies to focus on defeating Germany.
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Germany’s ally, the Soviet Union, dropped out of the war.
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The United States outproduced Germany in war production.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What were two reasons why the Allies were able to defeat the Axis Powers?-The Location of Germany: It could be attacked on all sides.-Soviet Union fought Germany and proved very powerful. Hitler did not realize that Russians would fight so hard.
Detailed explanation-2: -The total man power available to Allies from Russia and America was far greater than the limited manpower of Germany and Japan. The military production of the Allies far exceeded the production of the Axis, even without the large loses of military production due to Allie bombing.
Detailed explanation-3: -The author examines the Axis defeat in World War II and concludes that the two main causes were resource inferiority (after 1941) and strategic incompetence-i.e., pursuit of imperial ambitions beyond the reach of its actual power.
Detailed explanation-4: -What major factors enabled the United States and its allies to win the war in Europe? The ability of Allied forces to coordinate complex military campaigns, the ability of the Soviet Union to absorb a massive invasion and push the Nazis back to Berlin.