FDR AND WWII

32nd President

Democrat1933-1945“A date that will live in infamy”

Germany-1933

Hitler elected chancellor

Mein Kampf

“Fuehrer of the 3rd Reich”

1934

1934-1937

Jewish Ghettos

Aryan Race

Hitler ignores Treaty of VersaillesNo more paymentsBuild up Army

1938

Hitler attacks Austria and Czechoslovakia

There were Germans living under foreign rule!

Munich Pact-1938

Hitler agrees with England and France- no more war

Appeasement policy!!!

Meanwhile…AXIS POWERS- Tokyo, Berlin, Rome

Spanish Civil War

Franco wins

Non-Aggression Pact

September 1,1939-BLITZKREIG!

Hitler attacks Poland

England and France

declare war

1940

April-Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg

June-France (Paris is abandoned)

July-The Battle of Britain begins!

Frightening!

FDR response

Cash-Carry

Lend-Lease

The country needs me!!!

1940 election- FDR vs. Wilkie

Washington wouldn’t, Grant couldn’t, FDR shouldn’t!

Better a third term than a third rate!

Don’t change horses in midstream

Results

Quietly prepare-learn from Wilson

Build up 2 ocean navy

Draft

Secret operations

Radio is a "limited national resource"

Shuts up Coughlin!

Hitler attacks Russia! Sept, 1941

Why???

Meanwhile…Japan has been cut off of oil.

Choice A- pull out of China

Choice B-attack middle east

Choice C-attack U.S. first

December 7th, 1941

19 ships

188 planes

2,400 Americans

0 aircraft carriers

Where to go first?

Why Europe?Eisenhower

Defensive fighting in PacificMacArthur

1942- Success and Concern

North Africa-Patton vs. Rommel

Philippines- “I shall return!”

1943-Italy-Mussolini

Now where- France or Russia?

Why?

What about Battle of Stalingrad?

D-Day-June 6th

, 1944

Largest land, air, and sea invasion in history!

Operation Overlord

Island hopping in the Pacific

Midway, Guadal Canal, Philippines,

Iwo Jima

Election time again- FDR vs. Dewey

1945January- Battle of the Bulge

Now, the race is on!

April 12, 1945- oh, no!

Lucy Mercer

Harry Truman

April 30th, 1945

Eva Braun

May 8th-V-E day

Focus on Pacific

Tokyo fire bombings

July 16, 1945-the test

August 6th, 1945

Hiroshima100,000 instantly

100,000 radiation

August 9th, 1945Nagasaki

60,000 instantly100,00 radiation

August 14th-V-J Day

Was it the right thing to do???

Other issues…

Rosie Riveter

Four Freedoms Speechfreedom of

speech

freedom of worship

freedom from want

freedom from fear

Korematsu vs. the U.S.

The Holocaust

When did FDR know?

Voyage of the DamnedSS St. Louis-1939

620 passengers returned to Europe (England & France

260 perish from the Holocaust

Operation Paper Clip & Manhattan Project

Operation Unthinkable

Propaganda

Cartoons at War

Daffy Duck