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Entry into War

Entry into War. Shaky World. Great Depression further undermined political order that was shaky since WWI FDR focused on helping the US get out of depression European problems were slowly pulling US into war. Start of War. War first spread across Asia Japan seized Manchuria, China

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Entry into War

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  1. Entry into War

  2. Shaky World • Great Depression further undermined political order that was shaky since WWI • FDR focused on helping the US get out of depression • European problems were slowly pulling US into war

  3. Start of War • War first spread across Asia • Japan seized Manchuria, China • Japan’s army murdered 300,000 Chinese and destroyed the city • Italy and Germany started mobilize for war • Mass movements fueled in Germany because of Treaty of Versailles and the blank check • Hitler and Mussolini prepared Germany and Italy for war

  4. Isolationism • WWI left strong sentiment of isolationism in the US • Congress passed five Neutrality Acts in 1935 • September 1, 1939 Hitler invaded Poland and US needed to prepare for war • Within six months Hitler overran most of Europe and only Great Britain remained

  5. Poo on Britain • Even while Britain was under attack, Americans refused war • FDR permitted arms sales to Britain, France, and China • May 1940 began transfer surplus of US planes and equipment to Allies • FDR approved first peacetime military draft in American history • Created selective service act of 1940

  6. Further Mobilization • Congress passed Lend Lease Act made Britain first beneficiary of aid • Goal was to transfer war supplies to nations whose defense was considered vital to defense of US • August 1941 FDR met secretly with Churchill • Atlantic Charter proclaimed everyone had right to live in freedom from fear, want, or tyranny

  7. Pearl Harbor • US focused on events in Europe • FDR anticipated danger to American interest in the Pacific • Japan soon joined Italy and Germany • Japan occupied Indochina and US froze Japanese assets

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