Notes
- Reasons for fighting here:
- The Suez Canal
- Oil in the Middle East
- Bernard Montgomery and his desert rats fought:
- Rommel and the African Korps
- They win a turning point battle at Al Elamein in 1942 NUTS
- Prevent the Germans from the Suez and oil and shows the Germans bests troops could be beaten
- Americans join in 1942 under Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Wanted the sources in Africa like the Suez Canal and oil in the Middle east. Montgomery and Rommel fought, preventing Germans from the oil and Canal.
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Subjunctive Question
If there hadn't been oil in the Middle East, would the Germans still have fought for the land?