Question

Decision 1: February 1942 The United States recently entered the war on the side of the Allies. Unfortunately, the United States has limited military divisions ready for immediate deployment to Europe.

Which military strategy do you advise President Roosevelt to pursue?

Options:
Strategy 1 Deploy divisions to Britain. Launch an immediate cross-channel invasion of France. Then move eastward to liberate Paris.Response Group

Strategy 2 Deploy divisions to the Mediterranean and launch an invasion of Italy from naval ships. Capture the island of Sicily first and then advance north onto the mainland.

Strategy 3 Defend the Soviet Union. Move Allied divisions into the western part of the Soviet Union and help the Red Army defend itself against German divisions.

Strategy 4 Launch an invasion of North Africa from Egypt and from naval ships in the Atlantic. Advance toward Tunisia and defeat German divisions.

What would you do?

Answer 1

The military strategy that I would like to suggest to President Roosevelt would be strategy 1.

Strategy number 1 requires the United States deploys division to Britain. Launch and immediately cross-channel invasion of France. Then move eastward to liberate Paris.

In February 1942, a Japanese submarine attacked American land and they also attacked a series of islands in the Indian Bengal Bay called the Andamans. And in those dates, the Allies suffered a painful defeat in the Java Battle.

It is very important to have the background to make a decision and collect most of the information available to do so. With that context, the strategy of deploying division to Britain was the right one to support the invasion of French territory already taken by the Germans and recapture a key location for the Allies.

On February 26, Joseph Stalin –the Russian leader- ask the Allied leaders to open a second war front in Europe in order to relieve pressure on Russian Army. But that decision would debilitate the main front. So in that circumstances, strategy number 1 should be the best recommendation.