HIST 106 1nd Edition Lecture 15 Outline of Last Lecture I The Great Depression II Events Leading to WWII Outline of Current Lecture I WWII Current Lecture The World is Almost at War Nazis are given the Sudeten Land Jews are starting to feel the pinch o Have been fired from jobs ect 1939 WWII begins The Great War is now renamed WWI WWII is the second half of WWI o Same people fighting the same people WWII War began over Poland Stalin is not in any position to fight o Signs an agreement with the Germans o Germans invade their half of Poland US President during this time FDR o This is their war and we are not getting involved o US is neutral o Only selling guns equipment to British Why Britain s owe U S money One of the biggest trading partners US intends to invade the continent by going through Britain FDR wants 50 000 planes a year from Congress o US is producing the planes and depressing is gone These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute 4 Billion to the Navy Pulling in allies Stocking strategic materials FDR signed the first peacetime draft Selected Service Act o Every young man between 18 30 have to enlist o Eventually expands to ages 18 40 Louisiana Maneuvers testing the army in Louisiana May 10th 1940 Germans Nazi s move west o attack Holland and Belgian then pour into France French army was paralyzed with fear o French workers wear wooden shoes called sabot o Sabotage using sabot to help the enemy Germans take 1 3 of France o The rest surrender o Vichy the rest of France o Free French escape to Britain Germans take over France by June They start bombing Britain o The Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain o Germans expect British to surrender but they are angry German army moves East o Declare war on Russia o WWII was b t the Germans and the Russians o 94 of German soldiers are killed on the Eastern Front o U S lose 43 o Russians lose 20 million Stalin thought the agreement was going to protect him Surrender Leningrad Longest in modern history 900 days Make it to within 30 miles of Moscow Capture Stalingrad November 1941 FDR suspends Neutrality Act US lost about 5 000 lives U S goes to war Losing hundreds of supply ships to Nazi s U boats 70 of American public didn t want to go to war U S are attacked by Japanese Navy who came 5 000 miles farther than expected o Attacked at Pearl Harbor o We thought they wanted Hawaii and West Coast Stamp dollar bills with Hawaii so Japs can t take money o They were really over Australia o US declare war o Japs move south towards Philippines Germans declare war on U S o U S now has 2 wars on their hands o Who do they attack first U S island hops to Japan passing up islands that doesn t have an airfield 1941 1942 Round up all Japs and take to camps on West Coast U S turns against all Asians U S is going on rations and buying ration books from Post Office U S going on V Mail victory mail o Letters that had to be turned in open so post office can read it to make sure nothing is said that could be used by the enemy Jews are in trouble in Russia o Einsatzkomm 4 big armies killing Jews o Nazis rounding up Jews and putting them in concentration camps in Poland Auschwitz o Germans making Jews wear stars U S trying to keep Japanese from getting to Austria Stop them at Guadalcanal British and Germans are fighting over Suez Canal in North Africa US enters and stops Germans o Operation Torch waiting for the Germans to arrive and then attack o Trying to get the Nazi s as the British push them towards them o Australians are pushing them o Kassarine Pass US loss o German Africa Corps surrenders Brought to Texas to be put in prison war camps Worked to bring in crops Escaping like bunnies Casablanca Conference o Allied main leaders meet FDR Stalin and Churchill o FDR decides we will only accept unconditional surrender