Notes
- Reasons for fighting here:
- The Suez Canal
- Oil in the Middle East
- Bernard Montgomery and his Desert Rats fought:
- Rommel and the Afrika Korps.
- They win a turning point battle at Al Elamein in 1942 NUTS
- Prevent the Germans from the Suez and oil and shows the Germans best troops could be beaten
- Americans join in 1942 under Dwight D. Eisenhower
Summery
Britain and the US went to North America to capture the Suez Canal and for the oil which was held in the middle east. The battle went back and fourth and finally ended in El Elamein, and the British gained control. The Germans were now stuck in the middle, with the US pinching in from the west.
Quote
"If today I stand here as a revolutionary, it is as a revolutionary against the Revolution." - Hitler
subjunctive question
How much more powerful would have the Germans became if they captured North Africa?