Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Philippine Independence
US- Would be the neighbor who respects himself and the rights of
others
Became the label for his Latin American Policy
Totalitarian Aggression
Totalitarianism: centralized control by an autocratic authority
the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an
absolute state authority
Japanese in China
Italians in Africa
German Expansion
Germany- Building an enormous new army, making weapons at a
frightening speeds, and menacing neighbors
March 1936- Militarization of Rhineland
March 1938- Seized Austria
September 1938- Munich Pact- An attempt to appease Hitler:
Dismember Czech. and give a piece to Germany (Sudetenland).
Neutrality Legislation
Neutrality Act, 1935- Authorized the Pres. to bar arms sales to warring
nations.
1936- Extended neutrality legislation- Put limits on sale of arms to
belligerents.
Cash & Carry- A country had to pay cash for goods before they left our
shores
o The country at war had to carry the goods on its own ships
Destroyer-Base Deal
FDR- Traded 50 old destroyers for the use of 8 British naval bases.
Legally tried to help allies secure supplies.
Lend-Lease
Atlantic Charter
FDR and Churchill met- Wanted a better future for the world
US and GB- were seeking no territorial gain
o Real reason for the meeting- Churchill wanted American troops to
join. FDRs answer is no.
Battle of Atlantic
Selective Service
o Draft was started in 1940
o By Pearl Harbor- 1.6 million in army.
o Millions more volunteered as a result of attack.
Wartime Agencies
Women
o 1945- 258,000 women were serving in the armed forces
o 18,000,000 were part of the American work force
o Women were needed as workers
o Took a wide variety of jobs in industry
o Examples: shipyards, airplane factories, ammunition factories,
rail yards, truck drivers, etc.
Minorities
American Strategy
Invasion of Italy
July 10, 1943- 250,000 US & British troops land on Sicilian coastlines
Germans- Escaped to the Italian Mainland
Italians- Sick of war; Mussolini- forced to resign
Allied troops- Tied up thousands of German troops; weakened them
elsewhere
Re-conquest of France
By the end of July, 1944 the allies controlled 1500 square miles of
France
Paris- liberated on August 25, 1944
By mid-September, all of France had been cleared of Germans
Battle of Germany
Dec. 16, 1944- Battle of the Bulge- Germany final bid to break the
allies
Germans penetrated 60 miles creating a bulge in the allied lines
Foul weather aided the Germans
Patton and Montgomery stopped the advancing Germans
By the end of January, the Bulge was pinched off
German losses- 120,000 of their best remaining men
It was also the single most costly American battle of the war
Death of FDR
Collapse of Germany
March 1945- allies were closing in US & GB from west, Russia from east
Churchill- shakes hands with the Russians as far as possible
Island Hopping