FREE ESSAY ON WWII

WWII

Summary of World War II in Europe
In World War II the Allied Forces had a "Europe First" campaign of invading the Atlantic
countries before the Pacific. This is because Germany served as a bigger threat than
Japan to the Allied Powers. In the United States, Franklin Delanor Roosevelt was the
President. He kept America neutral at first, but later entered in after Pearl Harbor.
George Patton was a popular U.S. Army leader who started tank warfare in America. Bernard
Montgomery commanded the 8th Army which had victories in Europe including D-Day. At the
near end of the war Omar Bradley toured through Germany notifying the rest of the world
what had gone on there with all of the death camps during the Holocaust, which was where
the murder of over 6 millioin Jewish people took place. 
Important leaders from other countries also arose during World War II. Joseph Stalin was
from the USSR and was recognized as killing as many as 50 million of his own people from
the USSR from bad-mouthing him. He helped the U.S. by fight Japan while Britain and the
U.S. fought Germany. Winston Churchill replaced Chamberlain for Britain's Prime Minister
in 1938. He showed great resistance to Germany and his people followed in the leadership.
Lastly, Charles DeGaulle was the French leader who ran and exiled the Free French
Government in London.
Important places in Europe included sites such as Stalingrad and Normandy. Stalingrad
perhaps was the bloodies battle in all of Europe, also a major turning point for the
Allies during World War II. The other gruesome battle took place in Normandy, France. The
battle was called D-Day and almost signified the end of German resistance. 
In the Belgian town of Dunkirk, British Naval forces rescued the bulk of the army along
with some French and Belgian units. Due to the French surrendering, Germans attacked
North Africa to support the failed Italian efforts. Under the leadership of General Erwin
Rommel, German forces pushed eastward to take Egypt until the British at the Battle of El
Alamain halted their advance. U-Boats, which were kind of like submarines, were the
Germans' main defense against Britain for naval battle. Adolf Hitler, the German leader
planned all these offensives in his goal to rule the world. Benito Mussolini, the Italian
leader helped Hitler achieve this goal somewhat. While none of this was achieved the
Allies attacked Sicily, then Italy moving north towards Rome. Because of his bad
leadership and ruling, Mussolini was executed by his followers. The Battle of the Bulge
was perhaps the end of the War for both sides in European warfare. Russian forces came in
from the East and Allied forces from the West, centering in on Berlin to take over
Germany, thus ending war on the European front.