1942 The United States And Britain On The Opening Of The Second Battlefield In Europe Game

A Second Front,with the Eastern Front stands,is a front of American and British,etc.campaigned in the western France,resulting large military pressure on Germany.In the World War II,the Second Front is very important,which induces the defeat of Germany as soon as possible,contributing to the success of the allies.It is the crux of the paper that the fierce,winding struggling of the Second Front between American and Britain in 1942,which consists of the three main activities.First,the visit of Marshall and Hopkins,etc.to London in April,1942. Second,the visit of Churchill and Brooke,etc. to Washington in June,1942.Third,the visit of Marshall and Stimson,etc. to London in July,1942.At the beginning,making a decision of opening the Second Front is in 1943 definitely and in 1942 possibly,at the end,the Second Front is not being to be campaigned in 1942.What actually caused this situation?As it is well-known to scholars that Britain obviously opposed to opening the Second Front in 1942,but this paper mainly focuses on Franklin Roosevelt,who actually gave priority to launching a battle in northwest Africa,instead of firstly opening the Second Front in Europe in 1942.Tracing the origins, the security of Atlantic is a most fundamental reason for Roosevelt, which finally hindered the opening of the Second Front in 1942.It is an important factor which caused not to campaign the Second Front in 1942.