1. World War II Begins Chapter 24

2. Dictator: Stalin USSR: 1924 Totalitarian government
Focused on industrialization and agricultural growth
Police state (killed 8-13 million)

3. Dictator: Mussolini Italy: 1924 Totalitarian government
Fascism: to glorify nation/race through aggressive show of force

4. Dictator: Hitler Germany: 1933 Hated communism
Nazism: extreme nationalism (racism)
National expansion and racial purification

5. Dictator: Franco Spain Civil War: Francisco Franco (fascist)
Franco aided by Hitler and Mussolini
Many Americans volunteered to fight against Franco
Franco won

6. Militarism: Japan Emperor: Hirohito/ Military: Tojo
Invaded China: need for raw materials/living space
League of Nations disapproved of action and Japan quit League

7. Aggression Hitler invaded the Rhineland and quit League
Hitler signed alliance w/ Italy
Mussolini invaded Ethiopia- show of power

8. US Neutrality Isolationism Neutrality tested Nye Committee
Neutrality Acts (3)
Neutrality tested
American’s volunteering in Spain
Japan invades more of China: 1937
US sends weapons to China
FDR: Quarantine Speech, arms buildup

10. WWII Begins Austria invaded by Germany (March 1938)
Czech. invaded by Germany (spring 1938)
France and GB had promised to protect Czech.
Munich Pact: gave the Sudetenland to Germany in exchange for his promise not to invade other countries (example of appeasement by British leader Chamberlain)

12. Germany on the Move March 15, 1939: invaded rest of Czech
Signed nonaggression pact with USSR
Sept. 1, 1939: invaded Poland (blitzkrieg)
Sept. 3, 1939: GB and France declared war on Germany

13. Cont. N. and E. European countries falling to Hitler
April 9, 1940: Germany invaded Denmark& Norway
May, 1940: Winston Churchill new PM in GB
June 1940: France defeated
August 1940: Great Britain bombed (Luftwaffe vs. RAF)

15. US: The Great Arsenal of Democracy
Cash and carry (Sept. 1939); too late to help Allies
Axis Powers formed: Germany, Italy, Japan- agreed to help each other if the US attacks
Sent GB old military supplies (1940)
Increased defense spending (1940)
Selective Service Act (1940)
Reelected FDR (3rd term: 1940)
Lend-lease policy (March 1941)
US ships given permission to shoot-on-sight (Sept. 1941)

16. US Prepares Atlantic Charter: FDR and Churchill prepared war goals
Congress lifted ban against arming merchant ships

17. Japan Attacks Japan invaded Indochina
US cut trade with Japan as punishment
November 5, 1941: Tojo ordered navy to prepare for an attack
Dec. 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor (2400 killed, 1200 wounded)
Dec. 8, 1941: US declared war on Axis powers

18. Japanese Routes

19. USS Arizona