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Transcript
Take a notepaper
from the front
table!
Unit: World War II
Topic: The War in Europe
Between The
Wars/WWII Test on
Monday, January 23!
25 multiple choice
questions
5-7 DBQs!
Extra Credit DBQ Essay is
due on
Monday, January 23!
NOT ACCEPTED PAST
THAT DATE!
1. The U.S.
(Sorta) Gets
Involved
A. Under the Lend-Lease Act (1941), the
U.S. lent or leased arms to Allied countries.
B. The U.S., said FDR, would be the
“arsenal of democracy.”
C. In August 1941,
FDR and
Churchill secretly
met to create the
Atlantic
Charter, which
called for “the
final destruction
of the Nazi
tyranny.”
2. Attack at
Pearl Harbor
A. The U.S.
refused to
sell oil to
Japan until
it stopped
invading
Pacific
regions Japan saw
this as an
act of war.
• “[The U.S. fleet in
Hawaii] is a dagger
pointed at our
throat…and must
be destroyed.”
- Admiral Yamamoto
B. Early on December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked
Pearl Harbor, killing over 2400 Americans.
C. The U.S.
declared
war on
Japan the
next day.
3. D-Day:
June 6, 1944
The Allies invaded France on June 6, 1944.
A. Allied troops were ferried across the English Channel,
landing on the beaches of Normandy.
B. They broke through German defenses to advance
toward Paris and freed France from German
control.
C. The Allies then
moved from
France east into
Germany.
4. V-E Day
A. The Soviet
Union was
pushing
toward
Germany
from the
east.
B. Desperate,
Hitler tried
to counterattack in
the west.
C. In the Battle of the
Bulge, the Allies
managed to defeat
the Germans.
D. Meanwhile, the
Soviets
surrounded
Berlin; Hitler
committed suicide
on April 29, 1945.