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Mobilizing for Defense Aka – Getting Ready to Fight Hitler and Japan
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Cash & Carry (1939) Write one sentence that summarizes this concept._________________________. How did FDR “sell” this idea to those he wanted to stay neutral? Tripartite Pact = Axis Powers: a. b. c.
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___________________ 16 mil men FDR breaks precedent of Washington and in 1940 runs for a 3 rd term.
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Lend/___________ (3/1941) Would you give a garden hose to a neighbor whose house was on fire? Cash & Carry didn’ t work b/c Br out of $ US Support for Stalin! “If Hitler invaded Hell, the British would be prepared to work with the devil himself!” Winston Churchill So, Soviets get benefits of Lend/Lease
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Hitler’s “Wolfpack” to Combat L/L 40 U-boats looking to sink ships carrying supplies to Allies
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Atlantic Charter 1 st time “united Nations” used as a terms Charter promised collective security, self-determination, and freedom of seas FDR promised Churchill he’d do everything to “force an incident” (does that include ignoring warnings of Pearl Harbor?
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Pearl Harbor 12/6/1947 – FDR receives decoded message that Japan rejects all peace proposals b/c US had cut off their oil. 12/7/1941 – “a day that will live in infamy” Attack on Pearl Harbor
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