WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: –In World War II, the Allies’ strategy was to drive the Germans back and overthrow the Nazi government.-The Allies faced the biggest challenge from Hitler’s Germany. The German army seemed to be on the verge of crushing the Soviet army, which had previously been an ally.

Detailed explanation-2: -What role did American troops play in the Allied victory? Their victories in Belleau Wood and the Argonne Forest kept Germany from taking Paris and then forced a German retreat.

Detailed explanation-3: -The entry of the United States was the turning point of the war, because it made the eventual defeat of Germany possible. It had been foreseen in 1916 that if the United States went to war, the Allies’ military effort against Germany would be upheld by U.S. supplies and by enormous extensions of credit.

Detailed explanation-4: -Though American public opinion was decidedly in favor of retribution against Japan, the two leaders agreed that Nazi Germany posed the greater, more immediate threat. The Allies would pursue a “Germany first” strategy while still putting up a resolute fight against Japan.