World War II

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World War II

Key Terms:

1. Appeasement 2. Neutrality Acts 3. Cash and Carry 4. Lend- Lease Act 5. Atlantic Charter

Causes of World War II

Causes of World War II

Hitler defies Treaty of Versailles

Munich Conference

APPEASEMENT

BLITZKRIEG

Japan Needs Raw Materials

Causes of World War II

Causes of World War II

Hitler defies Treaty of Versailles

• builds up armed forces

•annexed Austria

LEAGUE OF NATIONS DOES NOTHING!

Munich Conference

APPEASEMENT

• Hitler threatened war unless he could

annex Czechoslovakia

• British give in to avoid war.

BLITZKRIEG! September 1, 1939

•Hitler invades Poland

Japan Needs Raw Materials

• Japan invades China and

Southeast Asia in search of raw

materials (oil, oil, oil)

Alignment of World War II

Axis Power

Germany

Italy

Japan

Allied Powers

Britain

France

Soviet Union

Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937

• Stopped U.S. from selling weapons to nations at war

• Traveling on the ships of nations at war

American Isolationism

Why do you think America was so opposed to the war?

“Cash and Carry”• Neutrality Act of1939

• US could sell weapons to the Allies

• Had to come and pick them up

• US economy improved

• America becomes the “Arsenal of Democracy.” “50 tin cans”

To be neutral…or not to be neutral…

Lend-Lease Plan –• Britain ran out of cash to pay for American war materials.

• FDR leases arms to “any country whose defense was vital to the United States.”

“It’s like lending your hose to a neighbor if his house were on fire… You don't want $15 – You want your hose back after the fire is over…it's all smashed up. He says, he will replace it."

“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

Roosevelt met with British Prime Minister Churchill

•They agreed to build a just and lasting peace.

• Aimed to establish free governments in the world, free from dictators.

Do you think FDR wanted to get involved in World War II based on what you’ve learned?

Atlantic Charter Meeting, 1941

A date which will live in infamy!A date which will live in infamy!

Pearl Harbor – Dec. 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit of a Japanese Planeof a Japanese Plane

USS ArizonaUSS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor MemorialPearl Harbor Memorial

200 American planes were destroyed19 ships were sunk2,887 Americans were killed.

FDR Signs the War Declaration

“December 7, 1941 - A Date Which Will Live In Infamy”

Causes

1.US demands Japan to stop Imperializing Asia

2.US places Embargo (no trade) on oil, gas, iron, rubber with Japan

3.Japan signs alliance with Germany and Italy

Island Hopping- strategy of moving from island to island until

American forces were in control of the Pacific and prepared to invade Japan.