The Reshaping of the World

European War and Controversy in the United States
A. Breakdown of Peace
1. German rearming
2. Franco and Spain
3. Invasion of Poland
4. Denmark and Norway
5. Low Countries and France
6. Dunkirk
U.S.
1. Interventionists vs. Isolationists

Election of 1940
A. Candidates
1. Dems-FDR
2. Rep.- Wendell L. Wilke (ex-Dem)
B. Issues
1. Rep. denounced New Deal
2. 3 rd Term controversy
3. Rep. desire to stay out of war
4. FDR pledged to keep “boys” out of war unless attacked
C. Results

Prelude to War
A. Europe
1. Lend-Lease Act [1941]
2. Conference with Churchill
3. Nov. 1941 U.S. authorized U.S. ships to arm and enter the war zone
B. Far East
1. Japan aligned with Germany and Italy
2. Moved into Indo-China
3. Dec. 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor
4. U.S. Declaration of War

USS. Arizona

Initial Defeats
A. Asia
1. Japanese quickly expanded through
Pacific a. Philippines fell
Bataan Death March b. Dutch East Indies,
Malaya, and Burma [1942] c. Midway finally checked
Japanese advance

B. Europe
1. Germany as far as Moscow
[1941-42]
C. North Africa
2. Rommel’s advance checked in 1942 just before reaching
Egypt
3. U.S. begins massive build up of troops and supplies under Lend-Lease
Battle of Al Alamein

Homefront
A. Public Attitudes
B. Economic Mobilization
C. Effects of War on Civilian Population
1. Rationing
2. Taxes
3. Stamp Purchasing
4. Mass Migrations
5. Affected Family Life a. marriage boom b. women at work c. living standards actually increased

Election of 1944
A. FDR-Dems (4 th term)
B. Reps. Thomas E. Dewey
1. NY Governor
2. Dewey merely said
“he could do better”
C. FDR won carrying
36 states
Thomas E. Dewey

Military Events
A. Europe
1. North Africa 1942, Italy 1943, France
1944
2. Russians halted Hitler at
Stalingrad
3.Devastating Aerial Campaign
4. Battle of the Bulge 1944
5. Mussolini shot by his own people
6. Hitler committed suicide in Berlin
7. VE Day May 8, 1945

B. Asia
1. Island hopping campaign a. Guadacanal, Tarawa, the
Aleutians, Saipan, Iwo Jima,
Okinawa
2. Philippines fell 1944 (MacArthur)
3. By summer 1945 Japan economy collapsed
4. A-Bombs
5. VJ Day September, 1 1945

U.S. Marines Raising the Flag on
Mount Suribachi Feb. 23, 1945

Death of President Roosevelt-
Funeral Procession April 14, 1945

Truman Taking Oath of Office
April 12, 1945

Cost of War
A. 300,000 Americans Killed, 700,000
Wounded (millions worldwide)
B. National Debt Increased to $260
Billion
C. Atomic Age