Answer:
The United States needed a close enough military base, to plan and execute a full invasion of the Japanese mainland.
Explanation:
Okinawa stood in a strategic position in the Pacific Ocean. Its proximity to Japan provided a good spot of the United States and the Allies to set up a military base to plan a full out invasion of Japan.
From Okinawa, the U.S had a close enough range to deploy their warplanes and also transport their full artillery and since Okinawa was not landlocked, the United States could easily bring in supplies and reinforcements through the Pacific for the battle against Japan.
Answer:
d. Churchill and Stalin became allies.
Explanation:
- 4/23/1941 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Winston Churchill sends a letter to the Prime Minister of the USSR, Joseph Stalin, informing him that the German Government is preparing an attack on the USSR.
- July 18, 1941 USSR Prime Minister Joseph Stalin sent a letter to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill: demanded that the United Kingdom open a second front in the west (in northern France) and in northern Europe (in the Arctic).
- 7/20/1941 Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Winston Churchill replies to the Prime Minister of the USSR, Joseph Stalin, that the Germans have 40 divisions in France and that the British have no opportunity to open another front in either France or the Arctic.
- September 15, 1941 USSR Prime Minister Joseph Stalin sent a letter to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Winston Churchill, requesting that the United Kingdom open a second front in the West or send twenty-five to thirty divisions via the Archangel or Iran .
- October 25, 1941 US Prime Minister Winston Churchill, through the British Ambassador to Moscow, informs USSR Prime Minister Joseph Stalin that the UK has no possibility of sending 25-30 Divisions through the USSR Archangel or Iran.
- August 12, 1942 Multi-day talks (Moscow Conference) begin between the Prime Minister of the USSR, Joseph Stalin, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Averell Harriman, US Presidential Envoy discussing general plans for future federal operations.
1914 to 1918 the official starting date was july 28th 1914 but the political buildup to the war started well before july
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