1. World War Two

2. World War Two before the US involvement US Involvement in the first years Lend-Lease Act Japan before 1940 Invasion of Manchuria 1931 Invasion of China 1937 Invasion of French Indochine 1940

3. Pearl Harbor Reasons for the bombing (1940, 1941 deliveries) US-Japan negotiations Incomplete intelligence December 7, 1941

4. US at war Effects on Japanese within the US Normandy – 1944 Surrender of Germany – May 7, 1945 Hiroshima – August 6, 1945 Nagasaki – August 9, 1945 Surrender of Japan – August 15, 1945

5. Geopolitical implications Atlantic Charter – 1941 No territorial gains by the US or the UK Right to self-determination Lowering trade barriers Global economic cooperation Disarmament of the aggressors

6. Geopolitical implications Teheran Conference – 1943 preliminary agreement to the UN Yalta Conference – February 1945 dealing with Germany Potsdam Conference – July-August 1945 war reparations

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