1. America Enters the War Pgs. 474 - 479
Chapter 13.4
America Enters the War
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2. FDR Supports England Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
Cash & carry for arms as well
What problems exist for Britain under this new law?
German u-boats have been pounding the fleet
Britain is in need of destroyers
These are used for convoys
Out of cash, Britain gets 50 destroyers, we get rights to military bases
Doesn’t this violate the law?
It wasn’t a “purchase”, it was a trade

3. Cont. The Isolationist Debate The pendulum of public opinion
The America First Committee
Fiercely isolationist
Other groups are more for supporting the Allies and staying out of the fighting
Oh, by the way, Roosevelt gets a 3rd term as president

4. Edging Towards War The Lend-Lease Act
Have the weapons today, return them tomorrow
This applied to any country “vital” to our defense
Of course we mean Britain
The Great Arsenal of Democracy
June of 1941 Hitler attacks the USSR
They get lend-lease aid as well

5. Cont. The Hemispheric Defense Zone The Atlantic Charter
The Brits are losing too many ship to protect the convoys
Roosevelt orders the navy to maintain the neutrality of the western hemisphere
The Atlantic Charter
Churchill & Roosevelt met to discuss the post war world
Take a look at pg. 477
Subs & destroyers mean trouble

6. Japan Attacks America Embargos Japan
Britain cannot protect its Asian Empire
Strategic materials ban pushed Japan to the Axis
Continued Japanese aggression freezes assets
Japan didn’t want a war with the US
They wanted to go further into the South Pacific
The Philippines were in the way
The German strategy to beat France worked, why not a similar one for Japan against the US?

7. Cont. Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor Germany Declares War
On the Morning of December 7th, 1941…
8 battleships, 3 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 188 planes and 2,403 men lost
Congress Declared War on Japan
Movie Clip
Germany Declares War
Hitler didn’t have to do this
Underestimated us, overestimated Japan
A word from Admiral Yamamoto