How did the Allies in WWII decide to fight the war? What were their priorities?

Answer 1

The big three met at the Tehran Conference in '43 to decide the conduct of the war, ie, opening up a second front in Western Europe and Stalin agreed to attack Japan once Germany was defeated. That conference succeeded the Cairo Conference and preceeded the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences of the big powers, all deciding the strategies and conduct of the war.

Answer 2

The US had a clear plan: First Japan (becasue of Pearl Harbor), then the rest of the Axis. It only penetrated European soil in 1944, a full two and a half years after it declare war on japan. Already in late 1942, there was a plan to put Americans on European soil, but it was delayed until the Battle of normandy. Still, Japan was their major beef.

The british had already been involved in the war since Germany invaded Poland in 1939. By the early 1940s, however, they were greatly on the defensive, and subject to aerial bombings all across the country. Still, they were recieving substantial aid from the US from 1941 on, through the Lend-Lease act that supplied them with almost unlimited military supplies (at a cost to be put together later, of course). But neither they nor the Russians were giving much thought to the japanese at all -- they wanted to topple the Nazi regime.

The Russians only joined the Allies after Hitler double crossed them in 1941. They had signed an agreement wherein Hitler would not expand eastward, and then two years later -- Germany launched a full-on assualt (known as the Barbarosa offensive). After being on the defensive till early 1942, the Russians managed to begin rrebuffing the Germans (at an enormous toll on their soldiers, by the way), and eventually joined forces de facto with the British-US alliance. While there was significant concern that the japanese would try expanding north through China, since the Japanese were too busy on their eastern front (fighting the US), this never materialized. However, they did send a few naval troops along the Khabarusk/Korean line, if I'm not mistaken.

Answer 3

Actually the US fought a two front war. This all off the top of my head so it may only be partially accurate. We declared war on Germany and Japan in December 1941. Our first victories were the battle of the Coral Sea in around May 1942. The next was the battle of Midway in June 1942. Both in the Pacific. I think it was around October of 1942 we went into north Africa to meet the Russian request that we open a second front. It was November of 1942 we invaded Guadalcanal. During 1943 we went into Sicily and Italy while we were island hoping through the Pacific. In 1944 we went into the Solomon Islands to give our B29’s bases to bomb Japan. On 6 June 1944 we invaded Normandy. In late 1944 we fought the Battle of the Bulge and continued to move toward Germany. During early 1945 we retook the Philippines, we took Iwo Jimi. While the Germans were surrendering in May 1945 we were in the process of taking Okinawa. The Atomic bombs were dropped in on 6 August and 9 August 1945.

Answer 4

I believe they decided to first kill Germany then move on to Japan. The western allies also decided to invade France to ease the pressure Soviet Uniot was under. So I guess you could say the priorities were opening a two front war in Europe and defeating Germany then move on to Japan. In Japan America was the majority of the forces fighting the Japanase, after lessons thaught after several bloody island campaigns, nuclear bombs were to be used to force the Japanese into surrender to avoid a bloody campaign of the Japanese mainland.

Answer 5

Actually, Gallo is dead wrong. It was Germany first, then Japan. Most of the American resources went to fighting Germany till after D-Day. Untill then, the Pacific theatre was on a pretty slim budget. The allies had to first, secure England, 2nd, keep the Soviet Union in the war, and third, Invade Itally then France.

Answer 6

sadly there main priority was not liberation but to keep the Germans from gaining any land

Answer 7

To totally stamp out all the Nazis and their allies it was either them or us and I think you know which way it went.