WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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The Soviet Union no longer had to participate in World War II.
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The Allies opened up a second front of fighting in western Europe.
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The Allies were able to stop Nazi air attacks on London, making blitzkrieg tactics useless.
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It allowed the Soviet Union to defeat Nazi forces at Stalingrad.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Opening a second front would relieve pressure on the Soviet Union in the east and the liberation of France would weaken Germany’s overall position in western Europe. The invasion, if successful, would drain German resources and block access to key military sites.
Detailed explanation-2: -Second Front Controversy. Soviets were taking a beating at the hands of the Germans and were eager for the U.S. to attack Germany from the west, across the English channel, through France. Stalin needed his allies to launch a full-scale invasion of western Europe to divert German forces from the Eastern Front.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Importance of D-Day The D-Day invasion is significant in history for the role it played in World War II. D-Day marked the turn of the tide for the control maintained by Nazi Germany; less than a year after the invasion, the Allies formally accepted Nazi Germany’s surrender.
Detailed explanation-4: -But it was not until June 6th, 1944, that the Allies opened ‘a second front’ in Europe with the invasion of Normandy.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill from November 28 to December 1, 1943, resulting in the Western Allies’ commitment to open a second front against Nazi Germany.