American Life in the Great Depression — Unit test

Question 3 • AVAHS 26-27 CCPS SS US History Gr 11 (45.0810000) YL IC (Fall)

Why did Soviet leader Joseph Stalin want the United States and Britain to invade France during World War II?

Answer

to help the French Resistance retake Paris

to distract German forces from the Pacific front

to take control of Western Europe before the U.S. and Britain

to open a second front and force Germany to split its army

Explanation

Stalin wanted the United States and Britain to invade France to create a second major front against Germany. Germany would have to send troops to fight in Western Europe as well as against the Soviet Union in the east, splitting its army and easing pressure on Soviet forces. The correct choice is “to open a second front and force Germany to split its army.”

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