Atlantic-After Pearl Harbor, Hitler started attacking the US east coast with U-boats in order to stop US ships from sending war supplies to Britain and the Soviet Union. In the first 4 months of 1942 a total of 87 American ships were sunk and within the next 7 months a total of 681. Allies organized the cargo ships into groups called convoys to protect each other. The convoys traveled with sonar to detect submarines and were accompanied by airplanes that used radar. Karl Deonitz who was the commander to the German U-boat fleet said that the Allies were too protected and that they outnumbered the German boats. The US built tons of Liberty boats, 140 per month, to protect their ships.
North African Front-Stalin persuaded US and Britain to attack in North Africa as a second front. They attacked at Casablanca and were led by Dwight D. Eisenhower. By 1942 there were 107,000 soldiers in Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers where they began to charge eastward. The Afrika Korps were led by Erwin Rommel who was known as the Desert Fox. By May 1943 the Afrika Korps had surrendered.
In conclusion, once the US entered the war, they helped with many victories and were a great asset to the Allies.
Wow. I had no idea that ships could be built so quickly. Apparently 18 shipyards built 2,751 ships between 1941 and 1945. That's incredible, especially when you consider that they were 135 meters long!
ReplyDeletegood summary for both battle, easy to follow. well done
ReplyDeleteVery good information about battles in the Atlantic I never knew about, good job.
ReplyDeleteI was also amazed at the speed of the ships being built. Also, i was surprised that almost 700 ships were sunk in such a short period of time. Good job overall, great work.
ReplyDeletethat was dane up above
ReplyDeleteThe United States built the ships so fast! Good job with the information.
ReplyDeletethis is pretty informative, but it could flow better
ReplyDeletei think it was crazy how minorities who lost limbs in the war and came back to build in shipyards were still treated like second-class citizens
The battle of Atlantic paragraph seems skimpy, and the explanation for why the U-boats failed seems vague.
ReplyDeleteGood job in providing alarming yet supportive statistics that support the information presented on the war in the Atantic.
ReplyDeletegreat job organizing the information. It was really easy to read
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