1. WWII Rages On

2. U.S. & Allies 1941 March 1941: The Lend Lease Act – FDR could lend or lease arms & supplies to any country vital to the U.S. Hitler orders unrestricted sub warfare Roosevelt & Churchill meet secretly & issue the Atlantic Charter – upholds free trade & the right to choose own government *serves as Allied peace plan at war’s end

3. Roosevelt & Churchill The Atlantic Charter

4. December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor U.S. knew attack was planned, but did not know where or when… Japan sinks or damages 19 ships (8 battleships) in 2hrs. Over 2300 Americans killed, 1100 wounded FDR declares it “A date which will live in infamy” & Congress declares war

5. Japan on the Attack Japanese had taken French Indochina -1941 (Viet Nam, Cambodia, & Laos) Planning to take over European colonies & U.S. controlled Philippines, Guam, & Wake FDR cut off oil shipments to Japan Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto designs attack on the U.S. fleet in Hawaii

11. Japanese Victories Guam & Wake fall quickly 1942 – March on Manila, Philippines – U.S. & Filipino forces take up defensive on Bataan Peninsula. Philippines fall after 3 months. Seize Hong Kong, invade Malaya – Singapore surrenders Conquers Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), then Burma 1mil. Sq.miles, 150mil people

13. Allies Strike Back Doolittle’s raid: 16 B-25 bombers commanded by Lt. Jimmy Doolittle bomb Tokyo & other Japanese cities – April 18, 1942 Psych up U.S. – shows Japan can be reached for attack by air

15. Battle of the Coral Sea May 7-8 1942 new naval warfare: Aircraft Carriers Allies loose more ships & men – but stops Japan’s southward advance

16. Admiral Chester Nimitz Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet

17. Battle of Midway – June 1942 Turning Point Battle in the Pacific Code breakers learn the Japanese carriers led by Admiral Yamamoto are headed toward Midway (U.S. airbase) U.S. planes are able to find fleet and attack U.S. destroys 332 planes and all 4 carriers Yamamoto forced to withdraw

18. General Douglas MacArthur Commander of Allied Force in the Pacific

19. MacArthur’s Allied Offensive “Island-hoping”: by-pass Japanese strongholds – seize islands that are not well defended & closer to Japan Battle of Guadalcanal – U.S. marines stop Japanese from building a huge airbase on the island – August 1942 – February 1943 6 mos. of fighting – Japanese lose 24,000 of 36,000 force “Island of Death”

21. OPERATION OVERLORD D-DAY Allies began secretly building an invasion force in G.B. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower – Commander Begins on June 6, 1944 at dawn Despite heavy losses, Allies hold the beachheads

26. Within a month – over a million troops landed in Normandy July 25 th the United States Third Army – led by Gen. George Patton breaks out By Sept., Allies liberate France, Belgium, and Luxembourg