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| Who did America say was their number one enemy? | Germany |
| When Britain and the United States could not agree about where to attack Germany, where did Britain want to attack? | On the outer ring of Germany. |
| Why did Stalin want a second front opened? | To take some of the pressure off of Russia |
| What disaster convinced the British that the Allies were not ready to invade France. | Dieppe onthe French coast |
| After the British disaster of invading Dieppe, where did the Allies decide to invade? | North Africa |
| At the beginning of the war in North Africa, who was winning? | neither, it was a see-saw battle at first. |
| After Mussolini's troops were stopped in British-held Egypt, who did Hitler send in to lead the Afrika Korps? | Irwin Rommel |
| What nickname was given to Irwin Rommel? | The desert fox |
| Why was Roosevelt concerned about sending in Sherman tanks to Africa? | They were just coming into production and the first few hundred had already been issued and that would mean taking new weapons out of a soldier's hand. |
| Who led the British Africa campaign? | General Bernard Montgomery |
| Why did the Allies want control of North Africa? | It would give them a base from which to invade Italy |
| Who was the Commanding General in Africa? | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Why was Rommel not at the beginning of the battle at El Alamein? | He was back in Italy on sick leave. |
| What General commanded the Germans at the beginning of El Alamein? | General George con Stumme |
| Why was Rommel sent back to El Alamein? | Von Stumme died of a heart attack |
| What is the outcome of El Alamein? | Rommel orders a full retreat |
| What were the three invasion forces of North Africa? | Casablanca in Morocco, Oran inside the Mediterranean Sea, and Algiers in Algeria. |
| What name was given to the invasion of North Africa? | Operation Torch |
| What was Eisenhower's greatest concern with a British invasion of North Africa? | Many French officers resented the fact that the British attacked the French Fleet after France fell. They weren't sure how the French army would react to Allied landings in North Africa |
| Why did Eisenhower not appoint Charles deGualle to lead the French troops? | Many French officers thought if DeGualle was right for abandoning the French then they were wrong for serving the French government. Many saw Charles deGualle as disloyal. |
| Who does Eisenhower come up with that the French will follow in the invasion of North Africa? | General Henri Giraud |
| What African country surrendered in one day. | Algiers |
| When Eisenhower learns that the French will not follow Giraud, who does he put in charge? | Admiral Darlan |
| Who led the invasion force at Casablanca? | George S. Patton |
| What was the nickname of Patton? | Old Blood and Guts |
| This was the land that was separting Aleria and Libya and would become a race between Rommel and Montgomery to get their first. | Tunisia |
