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World War II and After The United States Steps Up to the Plate
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HitlerStalin Mussolini Dictators
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War Begins 1931 – Japan Invades China (Manchuria) 1935 – Italy invades Ethiopia 1939 – Germany invades Poland –Blitzkrieg – lightning war
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America Stays Out Neutrality Acts Isolationism Stays out of war for almost 2 years
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Sides Form Axis Powers – Germany, Italy, Japan Allied Forces – Britain, France, eventually US and The Good Guys
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Allied Forces United States Great Britain France Poland Australia New Zealand India Newfoundland South Africa Canada Norway Denmark Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Brazil Ethiopia Iraq Bolivia Columbia Liberia Peru Lebanon Saudi Arabia Argentina Chile Greece Yugoslavia Soviet Union*** Mongolia Panama Samoa Guam Puerto Rico Dominican Republic El Salvador Haiti Honduras Nicaragua China Mexico Guatemala Cuba Italy*** Romania Bulgaria San Marino Albania Ecuador Paraguay Uruguay Venezuela Turkey
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US Breaks Neutrality Lend-Lease Act – would supply arms and other supplies to the Allies FDR wins 3 rd Term as President… –Why is this significant?
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US Attacked Peace Talks with Japan Fail –Oil shipments stopped Bombing at Pearl Harbor – Dec 7, 1941 –21 Ships and 300 airplanes lost USS Arizona 2,400 Killed
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America at War After Pearl Harbor we declare war on Japan then all the Axis Powers –Went to war in Europe first because we felt it was a bigger threat
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United War Efforts 5 million signed up for Military –Another 5 million drafted –Large numbers of African, Mexican, Native and Asian-American –15 million in the end Mobilization – preparations for war Industrial Help – converted factories produce war materials –Women go to work in the factories Rosie the Riviter
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…United War Efforts Rationing – people only being able to buy a limited amount of an item. –What type of items do you think would have been rationed?
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Sad Truth Japanese Internment Camps –Over 100,000 Japanese –3 years –Fear of an internal attack
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War in Africa and Italy Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Allies Defeat Germany/Italy in North Africa –What challenges could there be fighting in the desert? Allies Crossed over to Italy –Italy defeated, Germany continued to fight
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D-Day Operation Overlord French coast of Normandy Over 1 million Allied troops After storming the beach, Allies pushed forward and liberated Paris –Aug. 15, 1944
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Propaganda Propaganda – the spreading of information, ideas, or rumors to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
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Final Stages Battle of the Bulge – last German offensive move –Germany/France Border –Allies win
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German Surrender Hitler commits suicide FDR dies, Harry Truman take over May 8, 1945 – Germany surrenders –V-E Day (Victory in Europe)
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Hitlers Wife
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War in the Pacific Island Hopping – Attacking and capturing key islands Midway: Philippines – Bataan Death March: –Douglas MacArthur Iwo Jima: Okinawa: Japanese fought until the death, they fought for honor…Dangerous
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Atomic Bomb Manhattan Project – a top secret program to develop extremely powerful weapons Hiroshima – Little Boy – 70,000+ dead Nagasaki – Fat Man – 50,000+ dead In the end over 200,000 would die of effects
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War Comes to a Close (Do Not Write) September 2, 1945 – Japan Surrenders –V-J Day
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STATISTICS (Do Not Write) Total Dead – 50 to 80 Million –More civilians died than military personnel –400,000 Americans –24 million Soviets Holocaust – 11 million dead –6 million Jews
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Post War Yalta and Potsdam Conferences –Reshape the post war world Divide Germany – 4 Sections
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Iron Curtain Iron curtain – imaginary line that divided Europe. –East – Communist –West – Free
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American Response Containment– dont allow communism to spread Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan –Giving support and money to countries threatened by communism North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) –An attack on one is an attack on all
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Point Counterpoint See Page 791 PointCounterpoint 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. Your Opinion…
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