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World War II

Neutrality Breaks Down 1935 Neutrality Acts try to keep U.S. out of future wars outlaws arms sales, loans to nations at war 1937 Japan launches new attack on China; FDR sends aid to China FDR wants to isolate aggressor nations to stop war

Pearl Harbor Peace Talks: 1941 U.S. breaks Japanese codes; learns Japan planning to attack U.S. Peace talks with Japan last about 1 month December 6, Japanese envoy instructed to reject all U.S. proposals The Attack on Pearl Harbor: December 7, 1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor 2,403 Americans killed; 1,178 wounded Over 300 aircraft, 21 ships destroyed or damaged

Reaction to Pearl Harbor Congress approves FDR’s request for declaration of war against Japan U.S. unprepared to fight in both Atlantic, Pacific Oceans ( a 2 Front War)

Japanese Americans Placed in Internment Camps 1942 FDR signs removal of Japanese Americans in four states U.S. Army forces 110,000 Japanese Americans into prison camps 1944 Korematsu v. United States—Court rules in favor of internment After war, Japanese American Citizens League pushes for compensation 1988, Congress grants $20,000 to everyone sent to relocation camp

The Industrial Response Factories convert from civilian to war production Shipyards and defense plants expand Produce ships and weapons rapidly people work at record speeds Nearly 18 million workers in war industries U.S begins to Ration Goods Rationing—fixed allotments of goods needed by military

Minority Workers 6 million women get jobs thousands of women took jobs in defense plants women prove that they can operate heavy machinery Women only earned about 60% as much as men did, doing the exact same job Over 2 million minorities hired, they face strong discrimination at first A. Philip Randolph, head of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Organizes march on D.C. FDR executive order forbids discrimination

World War II Propaganda

The Lend-Lease Plan FDR tells nation if Britain falls, Axis powers free to conquer world U.S. must become “arsenal of democracy” By late 1940, Britain has no more cash to buy U.S. arms 1941 Lend-Lease Act—U.S. to lend or lease supplies for defense

D-day and Surrender Allies set up phantom army, send fake radio messages to fool Germans Eisenhower directs Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day June 6, 1944 April 1945, Soviet army storms Berlin and Hitler commits suicide Eisenhower accepts unconditional surrender of German Reich May 8, 1945, V-E Day: Victory in Europe Day

The Battle of Midway Allies break Japanese code, win Battle of Midway, stop Japan again Allies advance island by island to Japan 4 air craft carriers, 1 cruiser, and 250 planes destroyed

The Manhattan Project J. Robert Oppenheimer is research director of Manhattan Project, group responsible for developing the atomic bomb Scientist meet in Los Alamos to work on the Atomic Bomb July 1945, atomic bomb tested in New Mexico desert President Truman warns Japan of complete destruction if they don’t surrender, Japan refuses Truman orders military to drop 2 atomic bombs on Japan

The Manhattan Project

Hiroshima and Nagasaki August 6, Hiroshima, major military center, destroyed by atomic bomb (“Little Boy”) 3 days later, bomb (“Fat Man”) dropped on city of Nagasaki September 2, 1945 Japan surrenders