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WWII- Road To War And America Enters The War Flashcards

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US response to Manchuria invasion

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Embargo placed on Japan–> reason for bombing of Pearl Harbor

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Manchuria

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Japanese invaded china with only a stated disapproval from the League of Nations

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Nanking massacre
Aka
Rape of Nanking

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In china Japanese used fear facts for control- soldiers raped and killed over 1000 women(7-elderly) also stole from businesses and burned them 1/3 city burned to ground 100-200 thousand killed

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Levensraum

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Germany needed land to send nongermans to

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Anschluss

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Germany needed connection or union bringing back parts of the Old Empire

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Austria

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Germany used diplomacy and no fighting- annexed in 1938 originally celebrated as he was going to make it better
also had Rhineland for resources

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Czechoslovakia

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Sudetenland- area where large group of German speaking people claimed they wanted to be part of Germany
Was allied with Britain and france

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Munich conference

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Meeting between chamberlain, daladier, and Mussolini, and hitler daladier(french) was against giving land back after losing Rhinelands chamberlain wanted to give in

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Munich pact

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Hitler could claim only the Sudetenland and nothing else-appeasement
Chamberlain returned and felt he prevented a war

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Poland

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1934- Germany made nonaggression pact
Not an alliance
Meant it didn’t ally with Britain or France

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Soviet Union

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Secret nonaggression pact with hitler aka nazi-soviet pact
Both would invade Poland and divide it
Also not an alliance

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Hitler’s blitz

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Germany invaded Poland and Britain and France declared war on Germany while US declared neutrality soviet union then invaded Poland before they surrendered

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Katyn massacre

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Villagers were trying to escape Soviet Union troops and were captured and taken to katyn forced to dig massive hole which became mass grave 20-30 thousand killed

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FDR’s opinion

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Support for Britain

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Neutrality acts

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1935-embargo on weapons and military supplies to biligerent nations
1936- no loans to biligerents
1937- “cash and carry” no military
1939- allows cash and carry military goods to allies

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Interventionists v. Isolations

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Inter-wanted to help and end it-FDR

Isol-stay out of it-congres

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Charles Lindberg

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First male solo nonstop flight across Atlantic
Isolationists
America first campaign

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Selective service act

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1940 peacetime draft
US planning
War not yet declared

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Land lease act

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1941- Britain only standing ally scared FDR allowed him to lend lease or dispose of weapons and equipment to country whose defense is vital to us

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Four freedoms speech

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Speech
Religion
Want
Fear

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Blitzkreig

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All of Europe falls in less than 10 months invaded Soviet Union went up to Finland Estonia Latvia and Lithuania

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Dunkirk

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British soldiers evacuated to Britain to reorganize-last ally standing

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Battle of Britain

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Operation sea lion- London blitz-constant bombing at night

Luftwaffe wanted to take out RAF, infrastructure, and terrorize people

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Churchill during London blitz

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“This was their finest hour”

“Never surrender” ended his talks like this like FDR’s fireside chats

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Operation Barbarossa
USSR- strengths:land and large pop Weaknesses:leadership-Stalin did great purge Russians pulled Germans in and used scorch earth policy many died from cold and no resources
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Stalingrad
Germans fought block by block to Moscow but hitler called them back bc they would lose 2 million in the invasion died
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Atlantic charter
FDR and Churchill met in Atlantic for first attempt at postwar planning decided in collective security (replace League of Nations), disarmament, self-determination(no empire), economic cooperation, freedom of seas
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Undeclared naval warfare bc...
German uboats fired on US destroyer in Atlantic Merchant ship-pink star- off Greenland was shot and sunk Another destroyer shot around 100 killed
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War in North Africa
Fighting bc colonies | British wanted to keep Suez Canal to transport stuff and Gibraltar bc connected Atlantic to Mediterranean
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General Rommel
Troops-Afrika korp-lot of success until US | Known as desert fox-hard to capture
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General Bernard Montgomery
British general known as Monty
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Support for Stalin
FDR felt lend lease act also went to Soviet Union scared bc communist but finally said yes
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German wolf pacts v. US convoy
FDR said shoot on sight
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Tripartite pact
Japan signed and joined axis powers originally china and indochina(Vietnam) which was British and French colonies who didn't know colonies were being attacked and were angered by embargo
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Hirohito
Emperor of Japan negotiated with general but those broke down Tojo who was responsible for Pearl Harbor- may not have known about it
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Tojo
Lined aircraft carriers in pacific sent warning to Washington saying Japan would declare war in Us and they were preparing an attaj destroyer almost hit sub sent message back but didn't do anything
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Attack
Around 2400 killed on USS Arizona greatest loss in ship About 40 or 50 planes attacked Aftermath- US declared war Germany and Italy declared war on US then vise versa
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War production board
Told US how to get ready | Civilian to wartime industry
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War labor board
Found workers for employees and helped employers have good workplace wages and shiftwork making businesses as efficient as possible
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Office of war information
``` Get America on board and support for war Propaganda was about revenge Also used bonds Sent pamphlets on how to spot "japs" Scrap drive-cans for ammo Victory gardens ```
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Rationing goods
Required in WWII given ration books with coupons had to take them and Id to buy stuff like sugar butter meat coffee oil petroleum shoes rubber and bylon
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Coca cola
Owner felt army could use drink bc caffeine and cocaine gave soldiers energy and suppressed hunger also became international
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Rickey gum
Felt chewing gum released stress and helped boredom | Sent in each ration box
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Lucky strike cigarettes
Packaged in red for US Soldiers got them free bc suppressed hunger, relieved stress, and fought boredom Problem=addictive
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Women unworn force
WAVES navy WAC army corp WASP air force | Rosie the riveter in industry
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African Americans
Segregated troops | double v campaign- wanted victory abroad and back home
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Japanese internment
Executive order 9066: Japanese detained and held in concentration camps for duration of war
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Koremarsu v. US
Challenged govt rights to detains Japanese- sc said relocation of Japanese would be upheld as long as it was a military necessity
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Mexican Americans
Ca and west coast wore zoom suits and didn't show as much pride sailors beat some of them and police watched before arresting them
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Native American
Navajo that spoke english and navajo used in army to help with codes
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North Africa front
Operation torch general Eisenhower and Patton battle of El Alamein was rommels last try failed an Africa was back to us
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Italian campaign
FDR Churchill and commanders met in Casablanca and decided to only accept unconditional surrender
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Soft underbelly
Went up through Italy but first Sicily- turned in Mussolini who was stripped if power and arrested until hitler freed him but found in trunk and shot before being hung in st.
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Operation overlord
D-day Normandy pushed to June 6th- crossed English Channel plan was double impact(paratroopers and land) took beaches biggest Omaha and Germans retreated
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France
Reclaimed by Eisenhower and Patton with little resistances then went through Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg
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Soviet Union
Followed Germans from east and pushed them back so they were sandwiche
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Dec.-jan. battle of the bulge
Hitlers last effort pushed US back before it turned an hitler ran and left army in mass confusion
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Death camps
Found by Soviet Union and slowed their way to Germany-liberated the camps and Germans started mass extermination
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US march in Germany
Also came across death camps left some soldiers and the rest marched on
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Elbe river
Meeting place with Soviet Union on April 25 1945-
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VE Day
Official end of war- may 8, 1945
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Death of FDR
April 12- had a stroke and never recovered- Harry Truman new Vp was sworn into office
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Hitlers death
After marrying Eva Braun took cyanide pulls and shot himself telling soldiers to burn the building and then kill themselves
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Death camps
Part of main kempf- persecuted gypsies Slavs pols and Jews and others kristallnacht- night of broken glass

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