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US Enters WWII

US Enters WWII. March 1941 – Lend-Lease to Allies Summer 1941 – US escorting British ships carrying arms Hitler orders the sinking of all merchant vessels (including US ships) US ordered to shoot U-Boats on sight

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US Enters WWII

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  1. US Enters WWII

  2. March 1941 – Lend-Lease to Allies • Summer 1941 – US escorting British ships carrying arms • Hitler orders the sinking of all merchant vessels (including US ships) • US ordered to shoot U-Boats on sight • ATLANTIC CHARTER – meeting between FDR and Churchill to discuss what to do with post-Nazi Europe • Self-determination • Conduct trade American Moving Toward War…

  3. Churchill & FDR at the signing of the Atlantic Charter

  4. Thought the USA was fat and weak, not motivated for war • Did not want war with US until the Nazis controlled all of Europe Hitler and the US

  5. Oct 1940 – US cracks Japanese codes • Watch as Japan conquers China, then Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos in July of 1941 • US response • Cut oil exports to Japan • Summer 1941 – tries to negotiate lasting peace with US Japan on the Move

  6. US in Philippines could attack at any time to flank of Japanese assault on Asia • Unacceptable risk… The Dagger at the Throat

  7. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto planned attack at Pearl Harbor to take US out of war on first day • Sleeping Giant • Attack plan: • Aircraft carriers • Other ships • Oil Tanks Japanese on the Offensive

  8. 2,300 dead • 1,100 hurt • 19 ships sunk or badly damaged 7 December 1941

  9. US Declares War!

  10. Japanese also take Hong Kong, Guam, Wake, Thailand, Dutch East Indies, Burma • India is threatened • January 1942 – took the Philippines • Bataan Death March • 16,000 of 70,000 die • 9 April 1942 – forced transfer of Filipino and American POWs Greater Assault

  11. Japanese Empire - 1942

  12. Nickname of any 12 radio women broadcasting propaganda from Japan to weaken American morale • Would name units and soldiers to freak out the GI’s “Tokyo Rose”

  13. April 1942 • 16 B-25 bombers under Jimmie Doolittle • Morale boosting raid on Japan The Doolittle Raid

  14. May 1942 - Battle of the Coral Sea • First battle using solely aircraft carriers in history • Allies lose many ships but stop the Japanese advance • Prevented the invasion of Australia Stopping the Unstoppable

  15. Gave US advantage in aircraft carriers • Superior US production ensured gradual rollback of Japanese from here Midway – Why so Important?

  16. June 1942 – Midway Island • Code breakers told US that Japan was heading toward the island • First Japanese naval defeat since 1863 • In hours, 332 planes are downed, 4 aircraft carriers sunk • Turning point in the Pacific theater Turning the Tide

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