Measures of Success


Four Factors Affect the Outcome of World War II

After the Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)

  Axis Allies
Capability
(Axis > Allies)
  • Japan had well-equipped army/navy
  • Germany had modern submarines able to destroy
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  • British army was capable of fighting against Germans
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    Resources
    (Axis > Allies)
  • Huge amounts of war supplies
  • Control over industries in the territories they had invaded
  • Natural resource
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  • Fewer war supplies
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    Leadership
    (Axis > Allies)
  • Very good, experienced military leaders
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  • Fewer military leaders
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    Motivation
    (Axis = Allies)
  • Fighting for economic growth and access to raw materials
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  • Attack on Pearl Harbor motivated U.S. to unite
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    After D-Day (1944)

      Axis Allies
    Capability
    (Axis < Allies)
  • Very low capability
  • Trouble keeping supplies ready
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  • Modern equipment
  • War time inventions (Bazooka, Silicon lubricants, Nylon, New plastics, and Antibiotics)
  • Armies and navies gained fighting experience
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    Resources
    (Axis < Allies)
  • Loss of fuel to run planes, tanks, and trucks
  • No longer protect natural resources
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  • Huge military personnel
  • Enormous amounts of food
  • Enormous amounts of weapons
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    Leadership (Axis < Allies)
  • Lost many of their good military leaders
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  • Excellent leadership abilities
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    Motivation (Axis < Allies)
  • Tired of bombing and many believed that defeat was inevitable
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  • More motivated from winning battles
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