A Global Conflict 1941 - 1945

June 1941 Desiring “Lebensraum” or living space for the German empire, Hitler launches Operation Barbarosa and attacks the Soviet Union

Henriech Himmler SS Commander Ordered to Kill any Jews in German occupied Soviet Union.

Stalin institutes a “Scorched Earth Policy” to fight the German Army

Hitler’s “New Order” Germany pillages both human and natural resources of Europe for the Third Reich.

The “Final Solution” or “Holocaust”

AUSCHWITZ

It is estimated that 5-6 million Jews are killed during the Holocaust.

Japanese Aggression In Asia 1931-1940

Japan is… Poor Crowded Lacking in natural resources Militaristic Led by Emperor Hirohito

Emperor Hirohito

America Britain China Dutch Japan wants to rid Asia of the “A B C D” Countries America Britain China Dutch

1931- Japan invades Manchuria

When the League of Nations protest, Japan withdraws from the League.

1936 The U.S Congress passes The Neutrality Acts: 1. No US sale of weapons to warring countries. 2. No US citizens on ships of warring nations. 3. Cash & Carry- All countries at war pay cash for non-military goods and carry them back to their country.

1937 US Isolationism at High Tide A US poll finds 2/3 of the American public feels our involvement in WW I was a mistake.

The Bombing of Shanghai 1937 – Japan invades China The Bombing of Shanghai

The “Rape of Nangking” Thousands of Chinese civilians are raped and murdered by Japanese soldiers.

Prime Minister Tojo

1940- Japan invades Indo-China Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

As a reaction the US embargos oil and scrap metal to Japan.

AMERICA RESPONDS Isolationism or Interventionism?

America Tries To Stay Out 1935-1936 Congress passes the Neutrality Acts. The “America First Committee” is formed to keep the US out of another European War.

1936- Hitler invades the Rhineland. 1938- Hitler annexes Austria. 1938 – The Munich Pact gives Hitler The Sudetenland. He later takes the rest of Czechoslovakia. 1939- Hitler signs a Non-Aggression Pact with the Soviet Union and Invades Poland. Sept. 1, 1939 France an Britain declare war on Germany.

Great Britain stand alone. 1939-1940 The “Blitzkrieg” Germany over runs Europe Great Britain stands alone Great Britain stand alone.

Triple Axis formed. 1940 Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis The US begins the Selective Service System. Japan invades Indochina

1941 The Lend-Lease Act America promises aid to any country whose defense is deemed vital to US security- The US becomes the “Arsenal of Democracy”

June 1941 Desiring “Lebensraum” or living space for the German empire, Hitler launches Operation Barbarosa and attacks the Soviet Union.

1941 THE ATLANTIC CHARTER British Prime Minister FDR Winston Churchill The Idea of a United Nations Peacekeeping Organization is born.

1941 FDR announces The Freedom “Four of Speech Freedoms.” and Worship. Freedom from Fear and Want

“December 7th, 1941 a date which will live in infamy.”

Admiral Yamamoto

BATTLESHIP ROW

USS ARIZONA

FDR signs declaration of war against Japan December 8, 1941.

The Allies or United Nations vs. The Axis Powers Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burma, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Manchukuo, Mexico, Mongolian People's Republic, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Salvador, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, Union of South Africa, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia.

JAPANESE INTERNMENT

Executive Order 9066

Ten camps established 110,000 persons of Japanese ancestry ordered into relocation camps. About 70, 000 Nisei – Native born Japanese- Americans. About 40,000 Issei – Foreign born, not citizens.

Manzanar

MANZANAR