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War in Pacific vs. War in Europe
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- 1Wartime Leaders- AxisJapan= General Hideki Tojo
Germany= Adolf Hitler
Italy= Benito Mussolini - 2Wartime Leaders- AlliesUS= Chamberlain, later Winston Churchill
Russia=Joseph Stalin
Britain= Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Australia=Robert Menzies, later John Curtin - 3TerrainEurope- All on land, flat, little mountains
Pacific=On water, huge expanse of water, 'island hopping', mountanious - 4Weather/ClimateEurope- Ranged from Summer in the deserts to Winter in Moscow (Mediterranean climate)
Impact on resources, as they needed supplies for both climates
Pacific= Tropical and Humid
Huge impact of health problems- malaria, tropical ulcers, e.t.c - 5CommandEurope- U.S and Britain shared command
Pacific- Command dominated by U.S - 6WeaponsEurope- Tank warfare, Battle of Britain involved planes
Pacific- little open space, so relied on infantry, or in the water, on submarines, torpedos, e.t.c - 7EnemyGermany- A traditional enemy, likely to surrender if obvious they were facing defeat
Japan- Unrelenting, died over surrendering - 8Allied PowersBritain, Soviet Union (Post Operation Barbarossa), U.S.A, Free France, Australia
- 9Axis PowersNazi Germany, Italy and Japan
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- Humanities (World War 2) FlashCards sobre War in Pacific vs. War in Europe, criado por keely1306 em 17-06-2013.
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