1. Battle of the Atlantic Important Agreements from 1940 - 1941

2. Destroyers for Bases Deal Tripartite Pact Lend-Lease Plan Atlantic Charter QUIZ

3. Destroyers for Bases Deal September 1940 Fifty old but serviceable warships were sent to England for long-term leases to several British military bases

4. Tripartite Pact September 1940 Germany, Italy, and Japan sign a mutual defense treaty Goal: to keep the United States out of war

5. Lend-Lease Plan Britain was no longer able to afford supplies it needed to continue fighting Germany The U.S. would lend arms or supplies “to any country whose defense was vital to the United States “U.S. must be the arsenal of democracy” Lend-Lease was extended to other countries (Ex. the Soviet Union after the German invasion) Continue to next slide.

7. Billions of Dollars

8. Atlantic Charter August 1941 Roosevelt and Churchill meet aboard USS Augusta to discuss mutual aims and principles British hoped for military commitment Call for: collective security, disarmament, self- determination, economic cooperation, and freedom of seas Basis for “Declaration of the United Nations”

9. Quiz ► In your opinion, which of the previously discussed pacts or agreements had the greatest impact on the outcome of World War II? Which had the greatest influence post World War II?