HIST 106 1nd Edition Lecture 17 Outline of Last Lecture I Holocaust Survivor Speech Outline of Current Lecture I WWII continued Current Lecture US does not enter the war until 1941 but is losing 111 ships a month US is supplying the British because they know if they want to enter the war they will enter through England US is getting closer to war o Selective Service Act by President Wilson o Organizing allies o Not selling aluminum anymore Germans vs Russia 1942 1944 o Major battle of the war o Big portion of German troops are lost in this battle 96 o Germans siege Leningrad for 900 days o Made it to within 10 miles of Moscow o US stops the Germans from going South b c of oilfields Japanese attack US at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii o Jap declares war on US o US turns against Japanese minority on the West coast 120 000 people Germany declares war on US Dec 11 OPA regulates prices so that stores don t overcharge War Production Board allocates raw materials who get steel first National War Labor Board settles disputes because can t have strikes during war Office of War Information decides what info public can have Office of Censorship decides what info public can t have Office of Strategic Services spies 1 US need to figure out where the Japanese are heading o Australia 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 2 US close Jap off from Australia Battle of Guadalcanal 3 Battle of Coral Sea stop the Jap navy o Jap lose 21 ship o Importance US blocks them from Australia 4 US stops Japs at Midway to keep them from going East o Battle of Midway US expected Jap ships but did not know where they were going o Americans on each island would send letters with code phrases to figure out where they are 5 US takes on the Germans while repairing Navy o War in N Africa o Germans attack North Africa b c they want the Sues Canal o Operation Torch US invades N Africa o British chase the Germans away o Germans forced to surrender Casa Blanca Conflict meeting with US and allies deciding what to do next Entire war was settled in 90 days At the same time as war is going on Jews are being murdered by the millions in eastern Europe US attacks Germans at Anzio where Germans are the strongest to show the Germans US were not reading their code like they had suspected US medical force learned that soldiers injured overseas get better faster than in hospitals in the civilian area Russians defeat the Germans at the Battle of Stalingrad The war is going in different directions Stalin calls a second front b c they think they are the only one killing Germans o US puts Stalin off b c they are not prepared o June 1944 US starts a second front Normandy Invasion US wants Germany to think they will attack them at Pas D Calis dead body as battle plans US is fighting a hard fight in Normandy Germans were using 11 of their man power to murder Jews but if they would have used it on US they would have won US bomb railroad lines leading to the death camps o Roosevelt doesn t want to be seen as Pro Jewish o Germans using 11 murdering Jews that 11 US won t see at front lines Allies attack Normandy Russians are mad o Russians coming in on Eastern side o Allies coming in on Western side o Yalta Conflict where US and allies decide how they are going to meet the Russians FDR Churchill and Stalin meet Going to meet in the middle West Germany US zone British Zone and French zone East Germany Russians Russians want Berlin 600 000 men to take Berlin o Russians take it Berlin is divided into West and East by a wall US is still fighting with Japanese and its getting more difficult US get Russians to fight the Japanese on US behalf US didn t need Russians after all because of the atomic bomb After 2nd bomb is dropped Japanese surrender September 1 1941 Agreement is signed that ends WWII