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World War II 1939 - 1945 US Foreign Policy (Post WW I) Isolationism Insecurity Events in Italy Benito Mussolini ... Fears of Communism Fascism (Fascist Party) Events in Germany Post WW I Economic Chaos NAZI Party (NAtional SoZIalist) ... attempt overthrow of Weimar Govt Adolf Hitler - Adolf Hitler Chancellor in 1933 Der Fuhrer Gestapo under Heinrich Himmler Rise of Hitler Depression in Germany Hatred of ___________ Charismatic & Emotional Hitler’s Goals “Clean” the German Race Revenge for Treaty of Versailles Expand “living space” Hitler in Power Schools & Propaganda “Anti-Semitism” Policy –Nuremberg Laws (1935) –Kristallnacht (Nov 10, 1938) Build up _______________ Italy & Germany on the March Italy invades Ethiopia Rome - Berlin Axis Reoccupation of the Rhineland –“Hitler’s Bluff” Appeasement France) (England / Aggression (continued) Spanish Civil War (1936-39) The Anschluss (March 1938) ... Austria Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) Non-Aggression Pact World War II Germany invades Poland (Sept 1939) –WW II officially begins Blitzkrieg Warfare Fall of France Early World War II (cont.) Battle of Britain (Winston Churchill) *1st hour of movie Pearl Harbor –Luftwaffe Germany invades Soviet Union –Hitler’s Big __________ U. S. Involvement Neutrality Acts FDR and Churchill –“trade” 50 destroyers –US “lends” goods _______________ (March 1941) –“Economic” declaration of war U.S. (continued) Atlantic Charter (Aug, 1941) Shipping in the Atlantic –highly ____________ Selective Training and Service Act (1940) Events in Japan Open-Door Policy with China (Root) Military Extremists in Japan –Economic Problems –No natural resources Japan (continued) Manchuria Incident (1931) Japan invades China –US places embargoes on ____________________ Tripartite Pact (Sept 1940) US - Japan Relations Negotiations (Spring 1941) Japan invades __________ (July 1941) –US embargos everything, including ___________ –Freezes Assets Purple Code Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941 ... “a date that will live in infamy.” - FDR The Attack Dec 8 ... US declares War Interpretations of Pearl Harbor World at War Axis Powers –Germany, Italy, Japan Allied Powers –US, England, Soviet Union European Theater Allies v. Germany and Italy Battle Plans Allies Invade North Africa –Rommel “the desert fox” –Eisenhower Invade Italy ... Musolini defeated Europe (continued) Normandy Invasion –“Operation ___________” –Eisenhower –Greatest Amphibious assault Europe (continued) Hitler Assassination Attempt Liberate France ... General George Patton (US 3rd Army) Fall of Germany Battle of the Bulge (Dec, 1944) Fall of Berlin (April, 1945) May 8, 1945 V-E Day Pacific Theater (Japan) Japan invades Philippines (Dec 1942) –Gen. Douglas MacArthur –Bataan Death March Island Hopping Strategy Pacific (continued) Battle of Midway (1942) Leyte Gulf (1944) –Kamikazes Iwo Jima and Okinawa Bombing of _________ (Summer 1945) Atomic Bombs Manhattan Project Ethical Debate Hiroshima (Aug 6, 1945) Nagasaki (Aug 9, 1945) WW II officially over World War II Wrap-up Yalta Conference (Feb 1945) –United Nations –War Crimes (Nuremberg & Tokyo) –Germany Divided –Poland - Soviet Relationship Death of FDR (April 12, 1945) –President Harry Truman Wrap-Up (continued) United Nations Holocaust –12 million people killed –6 million Jews Killed _______________ Overall Results –Two SuperPowers & Cold War –Korea & Vietnam –Nuclear Age