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World War II

World War II. Modified by: Teddi Baker East Jessamine High School. Neutrality Act of 1939. U.S. Congress passes this to officially declare U.S. neutrality and intention to stay out of the coming war in Europe. The War Begins!. Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939.

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World War II

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  1. World War II Modified by: Teddi Baker East Jessamine High School

  2. Neutrality Act of 1939 • U.S. Congress passes this to officially declare U.S. neutrality and intention to stay out of the coming war in Europe

  3. The War Begins!

  4. Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939 Blitzkrieg [“Lightening War”]

  5. German Troops March into Warsaw

  6. Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis, 1940 The Tripartite Pact

  7. The European & North African Theaters

  8. European Theater of Operations

  9. The “Phoney War” Ends:Spring, 1940

  10. Dunkirk EvacuatedJune 4, 1940

  11. France SurrendersJune, 1940

  12. A Divided France Henri Petain

  13. The French Resistance The Free French General Charles DeGaulle The Maquis

  14. Now Britain Is All Alone!

  15. U. S. Lend-Lease Act,1941 Great Britain.........................$31 billionSoviet Union..........................$11 billionFrance..................................$3 billionChina..................................$1.5 billionOther European......................$500 millionSouth America.......................$400 millionThe amount totaled: $48,601,365,000

  16. Lend-Lease

  17. Battle of Britain:The “Blitz”

  18. Battle of Britain:The “Blitz”

  19. The London “Tube”:Air Raid Shelters during the Blitz

  20. The Royal Air Force

  21. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

  22. The Atlantic Charter • Roosevelt and Churchill sign treaty of friendship in August 1941. • Solidifies alliance. • Fashioned after Wilson’s 14 Points. • Calls for League of Nations type organization.

  23. Operation Barbarossa:Hitler’s Biggest Mistake

  24. Operation Barbarossa: June 22, 1941 • 3,000,000 German soldiers. • 3,400 tanks.

  25. The “Big Three” Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin

  26. December 7, 1941

  27. Causes of the attack on Pearl Harbor • Japan resented threats to its authority. • Japan relies on trade with U.S. for natural resources. • U.S. stops trade in military supplies. • Japan keeps expanding. • Negotiations between the two nations fail.

  28. Pearl Harbor

  29. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

  30. Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit of a Japanese Pilot

  31. Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941 A date which will live in infamy!

  32. President Roosevelt Signs the US Declaration of War

  33. USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor

  34. Pearl Harbor Memorial 2,887 Americans Dead!

  35. Attack on Pearl Harbor • Surprise attack by 360 Japanese planes. • Nearly 2,500 Americans were killed. • U.S. fleet severely damaged but not destroyed.

  36. Effects • U.S. fleet not operational for 6 months. • Americans committed to fight. • U.S. declares war on Japan. • Germany and Italy declare war on U.S. • U.S. now fully involved in World War II.

  37. Pacific Theater of Operations

  38. Axis Powers in 1942

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