1. Pearl Harbor and the beginning of War
No Turning Back
Pearl Harbor and the beginning of War

2. “A date which will live in infamy”
December 7, 1941
Hideki Tojo: “The Razor”, Japanese PM who decides the attack on the US Navy in Hawaii
About 2500 American servicemen dead and heavy damage to naval fleet
Luckily many ships still at sea

4. USA Declares War Vote of 388-1 for war Jeanette Rankin
Axis countries in war together, so Germany and Italy declare war on the USA

7. War Mobilization What needed to Change? Everything!
Think about World War I mobilization efforts
Create and train a fighting force
Update/modernize all phases of the military
Government involvement in industry to meet war needs

9. Booming Industry Lend-Lease Act first step War Production Board
Office of War Mobilization
Allocate scarce goods
Regulate prod. of civilian goods
Negotiate w/ unions
Control Inflation

10. The End of the Great Depression
Unemployment drops drastically
Three-fold reason
Heavy enlistment in military
Women needed to fill jobs
Increased production to supply the war effort
Government spending ok now?

11. Military Strategies Allied Powers (USA, UK, USSR) Unified plans
Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin see Germany as biggest threat. “Europe First” key in two-front war
Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan)
No coordinated strategy
Each country/leader had plans for domination

12. Stalingrad German three-pronged offensive
Nazis have early success; eye Russian oil fields
Brutal battle, but Hitler won’t let troops retreat
Nazis turned back; Soviet Union goes on offensive
Turning point of WWII in Europe

13. Midway Turning point for Americans in the Pacific
Japanese attack Midway Island (best defense for Pearl Harbor and Hawaii), plan to take islands off Alaska
Chester Nimitz and Navy crack Japanese codes and messages
Huge American win

14. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Truman gives a warning
Truman prioritized the need to end war against the decision to bomb civilians
Chief obligation was to save American lives
Aug 6, 1945 Hiroshima
Truman warns Japan again, Soviets declare war
Aug 9, 1945 Nagasaki
Aug 15, 1945 Japan surrenders