Section 1.3: Trnsions in the Grand Alliance

Marriage convenience

The Grand Alliance combining certain aspects of their military power to defeat their common enemy, Germany, by forgetting their ideological differences.

True or false: The Second front opened in July 6, 1943.

False: June 6, 1944.

What was another name for the second front?

Operation overlord

Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied Western Europe.

Second Front

Who wanted the second front because it served as a pressure relieve towards the Soviet Union by forcing Germany into a two front war and why?:

1. Churchill

2. Roosevelt

3. Stalin

Stalin wanted it because he feared that without it the red army would be defeated.

Why were the western allies unable to form a second front at first?

Britain and the USA lacked sufficient military resources and feared that there would be too high of a casualty rate.

Which of these statistics of the second front statistics are false:

1. 360,000 deaths & 3.3 million troops captures

2. ¾ of a million square of USSR territory was under German occupation

3. 10 million tonnes of material supplied from the USA to USSR

4. 6000 Canadian troops captured and 3000 killed

4. 2000 Canadian troops captured and 1000 killed

What was the lend-lease programme?

Assistance provided in form of materials given to allies by the USA, which helped Britain and the Soviet Union to pay for goods.

How much did the Soviets and the UK receive from the USA in the lend lease program and what was the total?:

1. Soviet Union

2. UK

3. Total

1. $11 billion

2. $30 billion

3. $50 billion

Who were the london poles?

It refers to the polish government in exile, the polish military and civilian population who found refuge in london while still fighting against Nazi-Germany along side the British after the division in 1939 and the fall of france in 1940.

What were the Soviet-backed polish communist who were created to resist the Nazi-German forces by defending the city of lublin.

Lublin Poles

True or false: Stalin established the Lublin Poles in 1944 to rival the polish-government-in-exile while also controlling the liberated territory by the red army as a foundation for the communist government.

True

When was the Tehran conference?

November 1943

What did the Grand Alliance discuss in the Tehran conference

1. Opening a second front

2. Pursuing the ‘Mediterranean option’ suggested by Churchill

3. Soviets being able to gain territory within Poland

What were the disagreement in the Tehran conference?

1. Stalin refusing the ‘Mediterranean option’ as opposed to 'Operation Overlord’

2. Opposing the idea of the Soviet Union wanting to occupy eastern Polish territory

What were the four agreements in the Tehran conference?

1. Anglo-American force would invade France in May 1944.

2. Stalin joining the war against Japan after Germanys defeat.

3. USSR gaining east Polish territory and Poland pushing Germanys Boarders.

4. Only accepting an unconditional surrender by Nazi Germany.

How many British and American troops were Inolved?

150,000