1. A Little History

2. US and World War I US has about 117,000 military killed
US is owed billions from sales of military equipment
US becomes more Isolationist as a result
Does not want to get involved in European political affairs
Great Depression begins in 1929
Other countries have nearly 18 million
US deaths 53,000 from combat 64,000 from disease (influenza)
Much of the debt is not paid back
America First committee among others arise Charles Lindberg)

3. World War II -Europe
August 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact
September 1939 Germany invades Poland
US passes Neutrality act of 1939
By mid 1940 Germany controls most of western Europe
July 1940 Germany attacks Great Britain
Germany, Italy and Japan form the Axis Alliance in September 1940
Germany and the Axis attacks the Soviet Union in June of 1941
Blitzkreig Lightning attacks quickly overruns Belgium and France
Battle of Britain is primarily an air war Lasts from the July to October, Despite tremendous losses Great Britain is not defeated.
After the Axis alliance Germany and the Axis powers attack Russia with over 4 million Troops
US is secretly providing wa materials to the

4. World War II - Asia September1930 Japan invades Manchuria n China
1938 Japan declares a “New Order for East Asia”
July 1939 US stops supplying Japan with iron and steel
1939 Soviet Union and Japan fight over Mongolia
1940 Japan invades French Indochina
August 1941 US stops supplying oil to Japan

7. World War II December 1941 US remained neutral and Isolationist
Lend Lease Act
December 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Germany and Italy declare war on the US
The US enters World War II
Remembering WWI some do not want the us to get involved in the war at all
Roosevelt says we will remain neutral
Remembering WWI a neutrality act is passes belligerants can buy war materials with cash-no credit
With lend lease the US can provide materials on loan or lease without requiring immediate cash payment.

8. What did the US know and When did it know it?