The U.S. and the European War
(1936-1941)
The U.S. and the European War
(1936-1941)
USHC 7.1
Analyze the decision of the United States to enter World War II,
including the nation’s movement from a policy of isolationism to
international involvement and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
A total eclipse
of the
individual
Militarism
Dictatorship
Censorship
Repression
Photo by betelgeux
SOVIET UNION
ITALY
GERMANY
JAPAN
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Map Art By DrRandomFactor
Fasces
Statue of Romulus and Remus in Rome, GA
Adolf Hitler
Hideki Tojo
Flag of the
Imperial Japanese Army
Map Credit: BBC
Photo by eperales
Chamberlain and Hitler
The Western democracies
“are weighed in the
balance and found
wanting.”
“And do not suppose that
this is the end. This is
only the beginning of
the reckoning.”
Churchill’s Speech: http://www.churchill-society-london.org.uk/Munich.html
Hitler Invades
Poland
September,
1939
Map Credit: Listowy
(Lightning War)
Panzer
1940
Made by Niels Bosboom.
1940 Air Battles
1. Military Targets
2. Cities/Civilians
Japan, Germany, and Italy
agree to cooperate in their efforts…
They further undertake to assist one
another with all political, economic
and military means if one of the
Contracting Powers is attacked by a
Power at present not involved in the
European War or in the JapaneseChinese conflict.
The Allies
The Axis
Neutral
SO???
aka, “Non-Intervention”
1936, 1937, 1939
NO ARMS TO BELLIGERENTS
Photo by *janine*
Cash and Carry (1939)
1939-1941
Destroyers for Bases (1940)
Lend-Lease (1941)
Photo by mr.smashy
1939
Pay cash and carry
it home, yourself.
1940
Destroyers to Britain
in exchange for naval
bases in the Caribbean
1941
Let the British
borrow military
equipment
FURTHER READING:
FDR Press Conference
December 17, 1940
Photo by peasap
1940
FIRST PEACETIME DRAFT
in United States History
President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signs the
Selective Service
Training Act.
Charles Lindbergh addresses
an America First Rally
“The three most
important groups
who have been
pressing this country
toward war are the
British, the Jewish
and the Roosevelt
administration.”
-- Charles Lindbergh
September 11, 1941
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“And while I am talking to
you mothers and fathers, I
give you one more
assurance. I have said this
before, but I shall say it
again and again and again:
Your boys are not going to be
sent into any foreign wars!”
--
FDR (10/30/1940)
Germany’s invasion
of Russia drew the
Soviets into the
war on the side of
Great Britain.
The Allies
The Axis
Neutral
Occupied
Europe
(1941)
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
A date which will
live in infamy…
The Allies
The Axis
Neutral
WAR
Occupied
“Before we're through with them, the Japanese
language will be spoken only in hell.”
-- Adm. “Bull” Halsey (12/8/1941)
Gentlemen…
Start your
PROPAGANDA
engines!