4. How did the Allies achieve victory over the Axis powers?
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.
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.
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.
d. How did the Allies consolidate their victory in Germany?
At the end of the war, much of Europe lay in ruins; the war had also taken a huge toll in both military and civilian lives. Millions were also displaced through the actions of Hitler and Stalin.
e. How did the Allies consolidate their victory in Japan?
Following Japan's surrender, the US moved to establish a new government in Japan which would now be favourable to the post-war interests of the Allies.The impact of the war on Japan