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World War II : The World at
War
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Neutral United States
• 1920s-1930s U.S. practiced isolationism (kept out of international affairs)
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress passed the Neutrality Act of 1939 declaring its wish to isolate itself from overseas conflicts
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Lend-Lease
• Despite its neutrality, U.S. helped Britain hold off Hitler’s forces– Cash and Carry policy : U.S. offered to sell arms if
Britain paid cash AND transported weapons in their own ships
– Lend-Lease Act of 1941 : authorized prez to lend or lease goods to any country if they were helping to defend the U.S.
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Anti-Japanese trade ban
• Japanese aggression against China, French Indochina, & the Dutch East Indies led to strong protests in U.S.
• 1940 : President FDR banned all export of materials vital (necessary) to Japanese industry– ban included petroleum (gas) & scrap metal
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Blitzkrieg
• 1940 - Hitler uses Blitzkrieg (lightning war) tactics = crushed opposing forces with speed and mobility– Troops & artillery in vehicles aided by planes and
tanks
• April 1940 – Germany conquers Norway & Denmark, then Belgium & Holland in May
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Invasion of France
• June 1940 - French surrendered & Italy enters war • Germany splits France into 2 parts:– Occupied France & Vichy France
• Occupied France = controlled by German forces• Vichy France = French fascist paramilitary
organization, The Milice
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Britain stands alone
• United States remains neutral, but sent food and arms to British
• Britain aided by its colonies and former colonies
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Battle of Britain
• August 1940 – Germans begin bombing British cities, industrial areas, seaports, & military installations
• Prime Minister Winston Churchill inspired British people
• British Royal Air Force destroyed large numbers of German planes
• June 1941 – aid raids eased off
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Eastern Front
• Late 1940 – Hungary and Rumania joined Axis Powers, Bulgaria in 1941
• Yugoslavia & Greece defeated; Germans control all of the Balkans
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Soviet Union
• June 1941 – Hitler invades Soviet Union– Germans wanted farmlands and oil
• Britain & U.S. aided the Soviets w/ food & arms– December – Soviet army counterattacks = winter
weather halts Germans
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Pearl Harbor
• U.S. ban = Japan’s oil supplies drop = Japan gets desperate
• December 7, 1941 – Japanese planes bombed U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii– Most of U.S. fleet destroyed or severely damaged
• President Roosevelt requests declaration of war on Japan = Congress agrees December 8, 1941– 3 days later : Germany & Italy declared war on U.S.
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Allied Strategy in Europe
• Jan. 1942 : U.S., Britain, Soviet Union, & 23 nations sign Declaration of United Nations– Strategy : concentrate on Europe first, then Pacific
• North Africa– 1942-1943 : Allied Powers fight Germans to win back
whole of North Africa by May
• Eastern Front– 1943 : Germans suffer defeat at Stalingrad– Russians pushed Germany west all the way to Berlin,
Germany in April 1945
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Italian Campaign
• July 1943 - Allies invade Sicily – Mussolini forced out of office & imprisoned by Italian
King (later shot & dragged through streets)
• Italians join Allies, but Germans continue to fight– 1944 : Rome fell to Allies– 1945 : German loses Northern Italy
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D-Day
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wUjZpPNsxI• June 6, 1944 – U.S. General Eisenhower led Allied
troops across English Channel to shores of Normandy, France
• Americans pushed Germans out of France, Belgium, and Holland– Dec 1944 : Germany’s last offense in Battle of the Bulge
in Belgium, but quickly pushed back into Germany
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Fall of Hitler
• March 1945 : Allies move into Germany from west as Soviets move into Berlin from east– Hitler committed suicide
• May 7 : German leaders surrender– Next day : V-E Day (Victory in Europe) declared