WWII World History

On June 6, 1944, (a)   troops invaded German-occupied France. • The first day of landings was known as D-Day . • Over 156,000 troops were involved. • The invasion surprised German troops.

The Big Three met at the (a)   Conference to discuss reorganization of Europe after WWII and a structure for the United Nations.

a formal agreement between nations not to attack one another (a)  

a situation in which each person or group gives up something in order to reach an agreement (a)  

a divided area within a conquered territory that is managed by a war’s victors

payments made in order to make up for a wrong

The "Europe (a)   " Strategy meant deploying more troops to Europe and defeating Germany before Japan.

The Axis powers hoped to control North (a)   in order to gain access to oil and natural resources. This would also cut off trade for the Allies.

He was nicknamed the Desert Fox. (a)  

Directed Allied troops in the North African Campaign and Became the supreme commander of all Allied forces in Europe (a)