• Due today at the end of class
– Artifacts research (6)
– 1 of 4 of the essential questions answered
– Timeline!
Label the following places on your map
Label these people on your map!
• France
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De Gaulle (fr)
Bradley (us)
Eisenhower (us)
Patton (us)
• Germany
– Hitler
• Great Britain
– Churchill
• Tunisia (N. Africa)
– Patton (us)
– Rommel (ge)
Pacific Theater
1. Chris
2. McGrail
4. Vanessa
5. Dylan
7. Rogelio
8. Carlie
10. Kuse
11. Giovanni
13 Jesus
14 curtis
15 douglas
19 macklin
22 kassandra
23 Jose
25 Lino
26 Kylie
28 miriam
29 tod
30Kaleb
31 Avery
32 Cameron
33 Cami
THE UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR II
AMERICA
TURNS THE
TIDE
June
1919
Treaty Of Versailles
• Russia
– Leaves WWI because of a Communist overthrow of their
govt
• Germany
– Severe punishment
• Italy
– Did not get land promised
• Japan
– Not invited, felt disrespected
• US
– Feels a League of nations would restrict ability to
declare war
• France & GB
– Left solo to police Germany
OCT
1922
E
Benito Mussolini becomes
dictator of Italy
• Fear of
Communism
• Italy becomes a
Fascist State
Sept
1931
P
Japan Invades Manchuria
• Start of WWII in Asia
• Military takes control
of government.
Mar
1933
E
Hitler becomes Dictator/Fuher
• Democracy in
Germany over
• Hitler has full control
of Nazi Germany
US Isolationism
Neutrality
Act 1936
Lend Lease
Neutrality
Act 1937
Quarantine
Speech 1937
Neutrality
Act 1935
Destroyer
Base Deal
Cash & Carry
Apr
1934
Nye Committee
H
• Investigated the "Blood
Business" & the U.S'
reason to enter WWI
• Found that munitions
companies made profit
on war.
• Promoted neutrality
1935
Nazi &
Appeasement
• Built up military
I am going to slowly
start building an army
even though Im not
supposed to.
Sweet nobody is going to
stop me.
Aug
1935
H
Neutrality Act of 1935
• Prohibits trade of
munitions to
Belligerents
Feb
1936
H
Neutrality Act of 1936
• No Loans or
Credits to
belligerent
nations
Mar
1936
Nazi &
Appeasement
Remilitarized the
Rhineland
Look at this, I put troops
in the Rhineland and
France did nothing….
Das Awesome
Jan
1937
H
Neutrality Act of 1937
• US citizens
can no
longer travel
aboard
foreign ships
July
1937
P
Japan invades China
• Japan seeking
resources to
expand into the
pacific
• US places oil
embargo in
defense of China.
Oct
1937
H
Roosevelt’s Quarantine Speech
• Roosevelt asked
all nations to
place embargo
against all
"aggressive
nations"
Mar
1938
E
Nazi &
Appeasement
• Hitler Annexes Austria
They use to be
Germany so I killed
their leader and took
them. They were
happy! France &
England do nothing
AGAIN.
Sept
1938
E
Nazi &
Appeasement
• Takes Sudetenland
This is important because
I make a peace agreement
in Munich to stop taking
over other countries!!!
Mar
1939
E
Nazi &
Appeasement
• Takes Czechoslovakia
HEH…I lied whatever I do
what I want!!
Appeasement is OVER..so
scary!
May
1939
Nazi-Soviet Pact
• Germany Russia
form an alliance
• Secret deal to
divide Poland
• Appeasement
over
May
1939
E
Pact of Steel
• Germany Italy
form an alliance
• Axis Powers
begins
Sep
1939
H
Nazi &
Appeasement
• Invades Poland =
Start of WWII in
Europe (Sept 1939)
– Appeasement over
HA!!!!!! France &
England waited too long.
My army and my allies
are beast mode
Sept
1939
H
Cash and Carry
• allowed the sale
of munitions to
belligerents,
transport using
their own ships
and pay cash
June
1940
E
Battle of Dunkirk
• German forces push
French & Brit troops
to beaches.
• Became evident that
France & GB could
not defeat Germany
• France Surrenders
Sept
1940
E-P
Axis Powers
• Tripartite Pact –
– Japan
– Italy
– Germany
• others
Sept
1940
H
Destroyer for Base deal
• US trades 50
destroyers for
British bases in
Caribbean
Sept
1940
H
Selective Service Act
• 1st peace time
draft
• US secretly
mobilizing an
army during
isolationism
May
1941
H
Lend Lease Act
• 50 billion dollars
worth of
munitions LENT
to Britain & and
later USSR
June
1941
Germany Invades USSR
• Operation Barbarossa
• Why? Needed Natural
Resources
• USSR switches from
Axis to Allied powers
Aug
1941
Atlantic Charter
• Churchill &
Roosevelt meet to
discuss “freedom
of the sea”
• Prelude to the
United Nations
DEC. 7,
1941
Pearl Harbor
•Japan needs oil.
•Needs time to conquer
S. Pacific
•Majority of US navy @
Pearl Harbor
• US citizens
immediately support
US in war.
• Dec 8 US declares
war on Japan
April
1942
Doolittle Raids
• Long range
bombing of Tokyo
• Lifted US morale
because it was
the first strike
against Japan.
Feb
1942
Japanese Internment
• FDR declares U.S.
militarized zone
•
• Japanese-American
placed in prison like
work camps.
Fall of the Philippines 1942
• Hours after Pearl
Harbor
• US holds off Japan
until May 1942
• Roosevelt orders
MacArthur to
evacuate to
Australia
• Bataan Death March
– 60 mile march
– 75,000 march
– Thousands die
“I Shall
Return”
May
1942
Battle of the Coral Sea
• Japan planned cut
U.S. supply lines to
Australia.
• US code breakers
learned of the attack
• Japan expansion
south foiled. US
does significant
damage.
June
1942
Battle of Midway
• Japan attempt to
destroy U.S. fleet
• US breaks
Japanese code.
• US serves Japan fist
naval defeat
• Turning point of the
War in Asia/Pacific
Sept
1942
Invasion of Guadalcanal
• Start of MacArthur’s
attempt to reclaim
the Philippines.
• US victory =
Defense to Offense
Nov
1942
Operation Torch
• Allied amphibious invasion of N. Africa
Led by Gen. George Patton
• Take Algeria with little resistance
Feb
1943
Battle of Stalingrad
• USSR- turning
point Eastern
Front.
• Germany suffered
heavy losses to
cold & starvation
Apr
1943
Tuskegee Airmen
• First African
American
squadron to
fight in WWII
• Did not lose a
single bomber.
May
1943
Germany Surrenders in Tunisia
Northern Africa
Erwin Rommel “the desert fox” surrounded
Britain in East, USA in West
Allowed the invasion of Italy begin
July
Sept
1943
Italy Surrenders
• Allies (Patton)
invade from Africa
• Mussolini
overthrown
• Italy out of the war
June 6
1944
Operation Overlord: D-Day
• Amphibious
Invasion of
Normandy beaches
in France
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•
•
•
•
Omaha
Utah
Juno
Sword
Gold
– Dwight Eisenhower
• Successful Invasion
opened a 2 front war
for Germany
Oct
1944
Battle of Leyte Gulf
“I have
returned!”
• Largest Naval battle in
history
• Japan uses Kamikaze
• Japan gives up on
expansion
• MacArthur recaptures
the Philippines
DEC
1944
Korematsu V. United States
• Korematsu sued US
for violation of civil
rights
• US Supreme Court
declared Internment
constitutional
because it was a
military urgency
Dec
1944
Battle of the Bulge
• Last German push
on western front
• U.S. stops huge
German offensive
and force Germany
out of France.
• Gen. PATTON
Feb
1945
Iwo Jima
• U.S. take pivotal
islands from
Japanese
• Get much closer to
Japan for more
strategic bombings
Apr
1945
Okinawa
• US lose 12,000
troops
• Japan loses
100,000
• US capture an
island of the coast of
Japan in preparation
for mainland
Invasion
Apr
1945
Apr 1945
• FDR dies of brain
hemorrhage.
– Harry Truman
becomes president
• Hitler commits
suicide.
– German Generals
initiate terms for
surrender
– Germany left
leaderless
May
1945
V-E Day
(Victory in Europe)
• USSR captures
Berlin
• May 7 Germany
surrenders
• May 8 V-E Day
Manhattan Project
• Los Alamos, NM
• Robert Oppenheimer
• Secret government
research project to
develop the world’s first
Atomic Bomb
• First detonation in New
Mexico
• Later regretted his
research.
Truman’s Decision
• Japan Invasion would
cost U.S. millions and
lives.
• Japan given warning.
• Bomb would:
– force Japan to
unconditional surrender
– Show the world the U.S.
might
– Force Stalin to agree with
U.S. terms of German
surrender.
Aug 6,
1945
Hiroshima
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•
•
•
“Little Boy”
100,000 killed
75,000 buildings
Japan response
– “War brings
destruction and
death. We will not
surrender.”
Aug, 9
1945
Nagasaki
• 2nd bomb dropped
– “fat man”
• 75,000 killed
• Japan surrenders
• Aug 12 V-J day
– “Victory in Japan”
Aug-Sep
1945
V-J Day
• After two Atomic
Blasts
– Japan issues
unconditional
surrender to Allied
Forces
– Meaning Japan under
heavy sanctions
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•
End to Militarism
End of the Emperor
Set up a democracy
US bases in japan