1. Peace in Peril

2. FDR’s Quarantine speech, 1937

3. IMPORTANT QUESTION
To what extent did the isolationist policies of the 1930s reflect a desire to avoid a repeat of the conditions that drew us into World War I?

4. Failure of peace; triumph of aggression

5. Aggressions of Japan, Germany, and Italy 1932-1940

6. Appeasement The Munich Conference
A settlement that permitted Nazi Germany to annex Czechoslovakia’s areas along the country’s borders…termed the Sudetenland.
All the countries of Europe were present, except for Czechoslovakia
Belief in giving a LITTLE, then Hitler would stop = APPEASEMENT

7. "There is no greater mistake than to suppose that platitudes, smooth words, and timid policies offer a path to safety.“ – Winston Churchill

8. Germany attacks poland
Hitler turned to Poland, to territory it had lost after World War I.
Wanted a highway and railway to cross over the Polish corridor.
Convinced Britain and France that Appeasement had failed.

9. Important question
In what sense was the United States “involved” in World War II before the Pearl Harbor attack and the Congressional declaration of war in December 1941?

10. The United States in World War II

11. Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt Speech

12. Relocations

13. The human dimensions of war

14. The “Arsenal of democracy”
FDR
December 29, 1940
Promised to help the United Kingdom fight Nazi Germany
Gave them military supplies
The U.S. stayed out of actual fighting

15. Role of women Rosie the Riveter
Women needed to “release a man for combat”
WACS – Women’s Army Corps

17. mobilization The Draft
Selective Service and Training Act, first peacetime draft in American History
So many draftees, overwhelmed the facilities
Minority issues
Segregation in all forms of the Military.
“Double V Campaign” – African Americans should join the war to achieve a double victory – a victory over Hitler’s racism abroad and a victory over racism at home.

18. Draft

19. Financing the war Loaning money to the government
In exchange for money, the government promised that bonds could be cashed in at a later date for purchase price + interest.

20. rationing
Limiting the availability of many products to make sure enough were available for military use.
Meat and Sugar were rationed to provide enough for the army.

21. Out of the Frying Pan into the Fryer

22. Allied strategy and leadership

23. Europe first Invasion of France
Decoy at Pas-de-Calais – the Allies placed inflated rubber tanks, empty tents, and dummy landing craft along the coast
Invasion of Normandy
7,000 ships carrying more than 100,000 soldiers
Beaches: “Utah” “Omaha” “Gold” “Sword” “Juno”

24. A two-front war

25. The atomic bomb