world war ii
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World War II. The Neutrality Acts. Banned Sale of war supplies to the belligerents Loans to the belligerents U.S. citizens traveling on vessels belonging to the belligerents. Meanwhile in Europe…. Germany introduced the Blitzkrieg. To Poland. Denmark. Norway. Belgium. the Netherlands. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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World War II
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The Neutrality Acts
Banned• Sale of war supplies to the belligerents• Loans to the belligerents• U.S. citizens traveling on vessels
belonging to the belligerents
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Meanwhile in Europe…
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Germany introduced the Blitzkrieg
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To Poland
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Denmark
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Norway
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Belgium
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the Netherlands
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and France
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Britain stood alone.
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Britain stood alone.
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Britain stood alone.
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Britain stood alone.
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Cash and Carry Policy
• Belligerents (Britain) could purchase war supplies and equipment in the United States provided they– Paid cash (no loans from Americans)– Carried the supplies and equipment in their
own ships (no transportation on American cargo vessels)
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The Bases-for-Destroyers Deal, September 1940
Fifty older U.S. Navy destroyers in exchange for 99-year leases on nine British bases around the world
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Lend-Lease, March 1941
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U.S. Marines stationed in Iceland, July 1941
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Atlantic Conference, August 1941
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Growing tensions in the Atlantic• September 4, 1941--USS Greer fights with
a German submarine; FDR issues “shoot on sight” order
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Growing tensions in the Atlantic• Destroyer USS Kearny torpedoed by
German submarine; 11 US navy sailors killed
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Growing tensions in the Atlantic
• October 31, 1941—USS Reuben James torpedoed and sunk by German submarine; 115 American lives lost.
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Growing tensions in the Atlantic
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Meanwhile, in the Pacific…
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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
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The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor
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Japanese Conquests
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General Douglas MacArthur
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Bataan Death March
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Weak American Response
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The Doolittle Raid
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The Doolittle Raid
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The Doolittle Raid
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The Doolittle Raid
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The Doolittle Raid
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The Doolittle Raid
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The Doolittle Raid
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A footnote to the Doolittle Raid
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A footnote to the Doolittle Raid
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A footnote to the Doolittle Raid
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Midway
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Midway
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Midway
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Midway
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Midway
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Midway
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Midway
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Midway
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Midway
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Midway
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Guadalcanal
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Naval Battles for Guadalcanal
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Naval Battles for Guadalcanal
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Naval Battles for Guadalcanal
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Admiral Chester Nimitz
General Douglas MacArthur
Battle of Tarawa, 20-23 November 1943
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Tarawa
• 35,000 U.S. soldiers and Marines vs. 4,700 Japanese
• Casualties– U.S.: 1,001 killed, 2,296 wounded– Japanese: 4,683 killed, 17 captured
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Tarawa
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Battle of Leyte Gulf,23-26 October 1944
Battle of Tarawa,20-23 November 1943
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf
• Losses:– U.S.:
• 3 aircraft carriers• 3 destroyers• 3,500 men killed
– Japanese:• 4 aircraft carriers• 3 battleships• 8 cruisers• 12 destroyers• 10,000 men killed
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Tarawa
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Iwo Jima
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Iwo Jima
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Iwo Jima
Casualties• U.S.:
–5,598 killed–19,189 wounded–494 missing
• Japanese:–20,703 killed–216 captured
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Meanwhile, in Europe…
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Operation Torch
• November 1942, U.S. troops land in North Africa
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Continuing Advances in the European Theater of the War
• July 1943—Allied troops land in Sicily.• September 1943—Allied troops land on
the Italian peninsula.• June 6, 1944—Allied troops land on the
coast of France.
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Continuing Advances in the European Theater of the War
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D-Day, 6 June 1944: The Allied Landings in Normandy
General Dwight Eisenhower
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D-Day, 6 June 1944: The Allied Landings in Normandy
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D-Day, 6 June 1944: The Allied Landings in Normandy
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D-Day, 6 June 1944: The Allied Landings in Normandy
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D-Day, 6 June 1944: The Allied Landings in Normandy
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D-Day, 6 June 1944: The Allied Landings in Normandy
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The Battle for Normandy, 6 June-25 August, 1944
Casualties• Allied:
– 57,200 killed– 173,000 wounded or missing
• German:– 23,019 killed– 67,060 wounded– 198,616 missing
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Endgame in Europe
• April 8, 1945—Roosevelt dies of cerebral hemorrhage and is replaced by Harry S Truman.
• April 30, 1945—With Soviet troops only blocks away, Hitler commits suicide in his bunker in Berlin.
• May 8, 1945—Germany surrenders.
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Endgame in the Pacific
Truman’s options:• Invade Japan
or…
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The Manhattan Project
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Hiroshima, 6 August 1945
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Hiroshima, 6 August 1945
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Nagasaki, 9 August 1945
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Nagasaki, 9 August 1945
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Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945
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Surrender Ceremony, 2 September 1945
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“Big Three” Conferences
Teheran, November-December 1943
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“Big Three” Conferences
Yalta, February 1945
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“Big Three” Conferences
Potsdam, July-August 1945