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The Reluctant Empire? U.S. Foreign Relations in the 20th Century

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Curt-Engelhorn Chair in American History Prof. Dr. Manfred Berg Winter Term 2008/2009. The Reluctant Empire? U.S. Foreign Relations in the 20th Century. Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg. Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg.

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The Reluctant Empire? U.S. Foreign Relations in the 20th Century

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  1. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität HeidelbergCurt-Engelhorn Chair in American History Prof. Dr. Manfred BergWinter Term 2008/2009 The Reluctant Empire? U.S. Foreign Relations in the 20th Century Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg 1

  2. The U.S. and the Second World War • The Debate between Internationalists and Isolationists • The Road to Pearl Harbor • The War Effort • War Aims and Peace Plans Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  3. US Asst. Sec. of the Navy, 1913-1920 New York Governor, 1929-1932 US President, 1933-1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1882-1945 Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  4. German Blitzkrieg, 1940 • German soldiers advance into France May, 1940 Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  5. American Neutrality, 1939-1940 • Neutrality in Action but not in Thought • Cash and Carry of War Materials • Destroyer-for-Bases Deal Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  6. “Fortress America” Charles Lindbergh addresses the America First Committee America First Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  7. Lend-Lease, 1941 • Arsenal of Democracy • Sale, transfer, lend or lease “to any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.” • Initial amount $7 billion, total amount in Word War II $50 billion. Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  8. Shoot on Sight! • “It is time for all Americans to stop being deluded by the romantic notion that the Americas can go on living happily and peacefully in a Nazi-dominated world.” • FDR, September 11, 1941 Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  9. East Asia, 1937 - 1941 • Japanese Expansion in East Asia and the Pacific Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  10. Toward Pearl Harbor • July 1940: U.S. embargo of steel and scrap iron against Japan • August 1940: Japan claims Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere • September 1940: Tripartite Pact between Japan, Germany, and Italy • July 1941: Japan occupies French Indochina – U.S. freezes Japanese assets and imposes total trade embargo Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  11. “A Day that will live in Infamy!” • Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941 Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  12. The Home Front B-24 Assembly line production at Consolidated-Vultee Plant, Fort Worth, Texas Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  13. Rosie, the Riveter • “We Can Do It” poster showcasing Rosie the Riveter by Howard Miller, 1942 Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  14. D-Day, June 6, 1944 Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  15. Iwo Jima, 1945 • The Battle of Iwo Jima, Feb.-March, 1945 Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  16. Hiroshima, August 6, 1945 Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  17. Sir Winston Churchill, 1874-1965 • First Lord of the Admiralty, 1911-1915/1939 • Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1924–29 • British Prime Minister, 1940-1945/1951-1955 Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  18. Joseph Stalin, 1878-1953 • General Sec. of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1922-1953 • “Uncle Joe” Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  19. Atlantic Charter, August 1941 • Nonaggression • Self-Government • Collective Security • Free Trade • Destruction of Nazi Tyranny Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  20. Churchill and Roosevelt demand “unconditional surrender” of Germany and Japan The two leaders negotiate in Casablanca Casablanca and Cairo, 1943 Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  21. The Big Three at Teheran, November 1943 Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  22. Henry J. Morgenthau, 1891-1967 • Germany should become a “country primarily agricultural and pastoral in its character.” Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  23. The Big Three at Yalta, February 1945 Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  24. Yalta Protocol • World Organization • Declaration on Liberated Europe • Germany demilitarized and divided into four occupation zones • Reparations • Punishment of War Criminals • Territorial Readjustment of Poland Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  25. US Senator, 1935-1945 US Vice President 1945 US President 1945-1953 Harry Truman April 19, 1945 Harry S. Truman, 1884-1972 Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  26. The Potsdam Conference, July-August 1945 L to R: Churchill, Truman and Stalin at the outset of the Potsdam Conf. Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

  27. The Greatest Generation Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg

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