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b. How successful was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
In December 1941, Japan launched a massive air attack on the US base in Hawaii. The plan was to destroy US naval power so that Japan could strengthen its position in Asia before being stopped by the...
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Paper 2 (updated for 2024)
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Paper 1: Practice your Paper 1 skills
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Paper 2: Practice Paper 2 questions
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Paper 2: Key information
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c. Why were the Allies able to achieve victory over Japan?
After the United States’ strategic victories at the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, the expansion of the Japanese Empire halted. The Japanese Imperial Navy was no longer capable of major offensive...
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4. How did the Allies achieve victory over the Axis powers? Free
The Italian Campaign, from July 10, 1943, to May 2, 1945, was a series of Allied beach landings and land battles from Sicily and southern Italy up the Italian mainland towards Nazi Germany. Although Stalin...
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6. The First World War: Quiz
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b. Why was Germany on the point of collapse by April 1945?
Although Stalin was desperate for Britain and America to open up a second front and thus divert the Germans away from the Soviet Union, this was not possible in 1942. Roosevelt agreed that defeating Nazi...
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a. What was the importance of the Allied advance through Italy?
The Italian Campaign, from July 10, 1943, to May 2, 1945, was a series of Allied beach landings and land battles from Sicily and southern Italy up the Italian mainland towards Nazi Germany. Contrary to...