Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis, 1940

Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis, 1940

The Tripartite Pact

Alliance between Italy, Germany and Japan

The “Phoney War” Ends:

Spring, 1940

The “Phoney War” Ends:

Spring, 1940Prior to 1940 WWII had been an Arms Race. No one wanted to go to war with Germany so they let them build up. Now, real war breaks out.

France SurrendersJune, 1940

France SurrendersJune, 1940

France Surrenders June, 1940

• Again France is eliminated from the war quickly.

• Now Britain is fighting all alone.

A Divided FranceA Divided France

Henri Petain

France split in two1)Occupied France2)Free France

General Petain leads rebel army to fight Germans

Great Britain.........................$31 billionSoviet Union..........................$11 billionFrance..................................$3 billionChina..................................$1.5 billionOther European......................$500 millionSouth America.......................$400 million

The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000

U. S. Lend-Lease Act,1941

U. S. Lend-Lease Act,1941

The above is a chart of the amount of money that the U.S. loaned to other countries during WW2 – Remember we are suppose to be neutral.

Lend-LeaseLend-Lease

- The Lend-Lease program was the U.S. providing, weapons, food, ammunition and all other goods to England and Free France- The two countries would eventually pay us back.

The Atlantic CharterThe Atlantic Chartery Roosevelt and

Churchill sign treaty of friendship in August 1941.

y Solidifies alliance.

y Fashioned after Wilson’s 14 Points.

y Calls for League of Nations type organization.

Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit of a Japanese Pilot

Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit of a Japanese Pilot

Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941

A date which will live in infamy!

Pearl Harbor – Dec 7, 1941

• Around the same time we made alliance with Britain, Japan attacked U.S. Naval Base in Hawaii

• This allowed for the US to enter the War

Operation Barbarossa:Hitler’s Biggest MistakeOperation Barbarossa:

Hitler’s Biggest Mistake

- Hitler breaks Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pack and invades Russia

D-Day (June 6, 1944)D-Day (June 6, 1944)

- British and American invasion of Germany.

- Gave Russia the second front that they had wanted.