Allies

A. Why did the Allies want to open up a new front in France? (1944­Normandy)

The goal of opening up a front in Normandy was to overwhelm the German forces, and force the Germany's unconditional surrender. The soviets took over the German Parliament, and two weeks earlier, Hitler had committed suicide in his bunker.

B. Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor in December of 1941?

The Japanese hoped to knock out the United States naval capacity through the bombing of pearl harbor. This would help their conquest of Southwest Asia, and create a perimeter so that no allied powers could take over Japanese rule.

C. For the United States, why did “Island Hopping” work so well in the Pacific? Why did the United States decide to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Island hopping was a strategy that the United States adopted to take control of Japanese islands so that they could make more direct air assaults on Japan. The united states dropped the bomb on hiroshima and nagasaki to persuade emperor hirohito to surrender unconditionally to the soviets and the united states.