U.S. Enters WWII History Notes 12-2.

U.S. Enters WWII History Notes 12-2

U.S. Enters WWII At start of WWII, U.S. was NEUTRAL

U.S. Enters WWII Operation Barbarossa (1941): Germany invades Russia

U.S. Enters WWII Lend-Lease Act (1941): allows U.S. President to lend or loan supplies to England and Russia

U.S. Enters WWII Japan seizing territory near Pacific Ocean
Vietnam, Laos, Philippines, etc US froze all Japanese money and stopped all trade

U.S. Enters WWII Dec. 7th, 1941 Japan attacked U.S. at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

U.S. Enters WWII U.S. enters WWII, declares war on Axis Powers
(Japan, Germany, and Italy)

U.S. Wins WWII Video Link D-Day (June 6th, 1944):
150,000 Allied forces land on French beaches to take back Europe from Germany

U.S. Wins WWII V-E Day (May 8th, 1945):
Victory in Europe, Germany surrenders

U.S. Wins WWII V-J Day (Aug 15th, 1945):
Japan surrenders after 2 atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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