WWII Military Strategy
Allied Powers Great Britain Soviet Union France
Axis Powers Nazi Germany Japan Italy
Allied and Axis War Strategies: The Basics Allies “Defeat Hitler First” –Most wartime supplies and resources went straight to Europe Island hopping in the Pacific: –Seize Pacific islands one by one, inching closer to Japan –Cut off Japanese shipping and supplies going to Japan
Axis Defeat Soviets quickly (before Americans could enter to help Allies) –Eliminate a second (eastern) front by doing so –Understood the potential of American industrial power Force British out of war by bombing campaign –Unsuccessful at Battle of Britain Allied and Axis War Strategies: The Basics