World War II

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[...] ship Robin Moor 22 June 1941 : Nazi's invade Russia B. JAPANESE IMPERIALISM AND PEARL HARBOR 1940 : Japan signs Tripartite Pact with Nazi Germany and Italy September 1940 : Japanese invasion and occupation of French Indochina Japanese need for raw materials forces it to move on the Dutch East Indies ( oil and iron ) FDR announces trade embargo on Japan Japanese military leaders make plans to attack U.S. controlled islands in the Pacific Ocean 7 December 1941 : Japanese airplanes attack U.S. [...]

[...] AMERICAN ISOLATIONISM Neutrality Acts passed in Congress, 1935-1937 : Forbade making loans to nations at war Power to the president to warn citizens traveling boats Prohibited arms sales to countries at war The America First Committee : Founded in the fall of 1940 Goal: maintain U.S. neutrality in European War C. THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR ( 1936-1939 ) 26 December 1936 : 96 Americans sail from New York to Spain to fight fascism 2,800 Americans volunteer in the Abraham Lincoln Brigades Italian and German bombing of Guernica : 26 April 1937 D. [...]

[...] Eisenhower named Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces D-Day Planned for May 1944 D-Day 6 June 1944 : False radio signals, fake armies, and air campaigns designed to divert Nazi attention and create idea Allied invasion at Pas de Calais Beaches of Normandy selected Beginning with air and naval attack E. SUMMER-WINTER August 1944 : Paris liberated October : Allies move into Germany December : Hitler orders counterattack in Belgium to take back Antwerp Battle of the Bulge Yalta Conference : February 1945 : FDR, Churchill and Stalin Future of postwar world F. [...]

[...] naval base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii C. THE PACIFIC WAR Japan attacks U.S. airfields in the Philippines and takes Guam and Wake Islands Singapore and British Malaya captured February 1942 + Burma in March 1942 Conquered the Philippines in April 1942 and the Bataan Death March Spring 1942 two-pronged offensive : General MacArthur leads offensive from Australia to re-take the Philippines Admiral Chester W. Nimitz offensive West from Hawaii to retake Midway Islands D. UNITED STATES AND EUROPE 1942 German U-boats Josef Stalin ( USSR ) advocated for a massive allied intervention in Northern France Churchill called for a smaller intervention in Europe's "soft underbelly" the Balkans FDR was reluctant but agreed to an invasion of North Africa North Africa : October 1942 : British stop Nazi Gen. [...]

[...] George Patton May 1943 allies take over North Africa, killing or capturing 350,000 Nazi and Italian troops The Mediterranean safe for shipping and Italy ready for intervention Italy : 10 July 1943 : US and UK invasion 160,000 troops land in Sicily Largest amphibious campaign in history Italian forces crumble, Fascist Grand Council expels Mussolini, and Italy surrenders unconditionally Nazis occupy Rome Rome liberated in June 1944 by the Allies E. THE WAR AT HOME United States Federal Budget Unemployment Industrial cities shifted to war production Labor unions agreed not to strike War Production : 1942-1945 The Great Depression over by 1943 III/ CONSCRIPTION The draft instituted a fourth time in American history ( Revolution, Civil War, WWI ) Local draft boards registered 31 million men 10 million drafted 5 million men and women volunteered The U.S. fighting force Composition A. [...]