Transcript World War II

World War II
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. 3rd 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
Battle of Al Alamein
supplies under Lend-Lease
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
Rosie the Riveter
Election of 1944
A. FDR-Dems (4th 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
“I Shall Return”
U.S. Marines Raising the Flag on
Mount Suribachi Feb. 23, 1945
Death of President RooseveltFuneral 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