successfully conquered the Papal States‚ Sardinia-Piedmont‚ and Switzerland‚ and even occupied Ottoman Egypt for three years. Such conservative forces on the European continent as Austria and Russia shared Britain’s fears and quaked at the thought of French invasion. They knew that the French would not only bring
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contentious arguments between British and American planners about the future course of Allied strategy — arguments that were finally stilled by the intervention of the American president‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt. In both a direct and an indirect sense‚ Torch’s impact was enormous on the course of Anglo-American strategy during the remainder of the war. It may have been the most important strategic decision that Allied leaders would make. In fact‚ this amphibious operation inevitably postponed the landing
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rigid air support plan that was not responsive to operational requirements. .The Allies sustained air superiority but did not fully capitalize on the opportunity and significant amounts of equipment and manpower were evacuated from Sicily to Italy and additional Allied casualties received due to limited close air
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Hitler to open up a second front in the West without worrying about defending against Russia. Granted Western Poland ot Germany‚ but allowed Russia to occupy Finland‚ Estonia‚ Latvia‚ and Eastern Poland. Hitler intended to break the pact. 1278. Invasion of Poland‚ Blitzkrieg September‚ 1939 - Germany used series of "lightning campaigns" to conquer Poland. The
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The Nazi party affected many people around the world through both the Holocaust and World War II. Hitler had a plan to exterminate all the Jews‚ and propelled this idea through the Holocaust putting Jews in concentration camps and killing them. Hitler’s evil plan caused one of the world’s biggest tragedies‚ World War II. <br> <br>Adolf Hitler‚ who was the leader of the Nazis‚ was born in Austria just across the border from German Bavaria. Hitler would begin to read his fathers history books about
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Three decisive points essential to unlocking the Allied center of gravity (COG) are the Allied destroy Axis forces in the Libyan Desert‚ sea superiority obtained from the Atlantic Ocean to throughout the Mediterranean Sea‚ and last‚ the Suez Canal remaining in Allied control. Victory and control of these three essential points will definitely make Operational TORCH successful. Discussion follows on the significance of each point. First‚ destruction of the Axis forces (Panzerarmee Afrika) in the
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source of the initial conflict was that Carthage had attempted to set up a garrison on the island of Sicily in the City of Messina. A garrison is a place where troops are stationed to defend a city or fortress. A war between the two great powers began in 264 BC and a series of battles commenced. The Battle of Cape Ecnomus was a naval conflict in 256 BC between the two powers off the coast of Sicily and is one of the largest naval battles in world history involving about 350 ships on each side and
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a powerful city in the Northern Africa had established itself as the leading maritime power in the world. The first Punic wars broke out in 264 B.C. when Rome interfered in a dispute on the carthagian controlled Island of Sicily; The war ended with Rome in control of both Sicily and Corsica and marked the empire’s emergence as a naval as well as a land power. In the second Punic War‚ the great Carthangian general Hannibal invaded Italy and scored great victories at Lake Transience and Cannae before
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Fascist Party. He organized the “Black Shirts” to instill fear within the masses and portray a violent conquest of the Italian government. Upon becoming dictator of Italy‚ he sought to widen Italian territory and gain fame for himself. Mussolini’s invasion of Ethiopia gained Hitler’s admiration‚ which spurred the two nations into signing the Rome-Berlin Axis Pact. The two dictators aided Franco during the Spanish Civil War before entering into World War II against Great Britain and France. Throughout
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inevitable invasions by stronger cultures who existed along the periphery of Europe; primarily the great Islamic empires of Africa and the Near East‚ as well as the Vikings to the north. These invasions however would also turn out to yield some positive repercussions for the European continent‚ helping in some instances to actually facilitate the end of the Dark Ages. This paper will examine the invasions of various Islamic forces across southern and eastern Europe as well as the Viking invasions of the
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