WAR RAGES ON, ALLIES FIGHT BACK
Early on in 1942, the news seemed to get worse each day, as the
Axis powers threatened the
Allies all over the world. But starting in the summer of 42', significant victories by the
United States, plus
European resistance and
Russia's determination and strength to push back in
Stalingrad -- started showing signs of hope for the Allies.
After the Russians held off
Germany from overtaking Stalingrad, the Russians launched a massive counterattack during the winter of 1942-1943, forcing an entire German army to surrender in February.
Meanwhile, in every European nation which was conquered by
Adolf Hitler's armies, small groups of people worked in secret to resist the
Nazi occupation. They resisted by ambushing truck convoys, blowing up bridges, engaging in sabotage. Each occupied European country had small military forces, such as the
Free French and
Free Dutch, made of occupation escapees working together to fight alongside with the Allies.
The Allies began bombing raids over German industrial centers and cities in a conquest to start chipping away at the Axis powers.
In
North Africa, the Germans'
German Africa Corps led by
'The Desert Fox' Erwin Rommel (Field Marshal, pictured at top) by using hundreds of tanks, waged war and conquered all of North Africa. The Allies struck back on November 8th, 1942 in which
British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery launched
Operation Torch, aided by 500 American tanks. American
General Dwight D. Eisenhower launched a large invasion force, landing in
Algeria.
The war rages on.