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One More… PP-t! Well Alright, Alright, Alright
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1.Name the 4 Totalitarian leaders & their country Stalin (SU), Hitler (GER), Mussolini (It) 2.How many countries does Hitler take over after Poland? 13! 3. What policy does GB & FR take up to the invasion of Poland? Appeasement 4.Who does Hitler bomb every night for 3 months? GB 5.Why didn’t he win the Battle of Britain? Radar 6.Name 2 details of Stalingrad 7. Name the Allied & Axis Powers RECAP…
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THE US ENTERS WWII
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In 1941 this is how America feels …
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1935 Neutrality Acts No sale of arms or loans to nations at war US is ANTI-WAR !
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Should the US enter NOW? FDR “chats” with the nation…. GB ATTACKED!!! “We should help defeat the Axis threat by turning into the great arsenal of democracy ”
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Americans now want to help … a little 1939 CASH & CARRY CLAUSE (C/C) You bring CASH, We’ll sell you arms, you CARRY them home! What is this trying to prevent?!?!
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BUT GB runs out of ! C/C L/L 1940 LEND LEASE ACT –GB/FR is broke…no more cash to buy guns –US LENDS guns to “any country whose defense was vital to the US” This is how US still claims they’re “Neutral”
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Hitler Catches On… Out come the U-boats again! April to May of ’41 (5 weeks) 1.2 mil tons of GB shipping sunk US navy has permission to attack U-boats in “self defense” “Wolf Packs” 15-20 GER subs x 1.2 million!
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“ATLANTIC CHARTER” JOINT DECLARATION Churchill & FDR created it on a warship Listed what the US & GB wanted for the world after the war. Spelled out the Principles of the Allies * PS – the US still claims its “NEUTRAL”!!!
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See if this sounds familiar…
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1941: It’s like déjà vu: U-Boats Hit… oUSS Greer oUSS Pink Star oUSS Kearny oUSS Reuben CONGRESS STILL SAYS NO WAR ! THEY NEED A BIGGER REASON… An “Overt Act”
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Guess what it happens to be…. ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR DECEMBER 7, 1941
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Why is Japan mad at the US? Nationalist wacko Tojo Wants Japanese Empire too! The “Hitler of Asia” 1.Takes over FR & GB land 2. Tries to take Guam & Philippines…US Protests! 3. US Trade Embargo leaves them with no oil…oops! so they’re “running on empty” 4. Talks peace w/ US then plans attack shady
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THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK
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3,000
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CONGRESS DECLARES WAR AGAINST AXIS POWERS DECEMBER 8 TH 1941
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PEARL HARBOR FOOTAGE…
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