HIST 106 1nd Edition Lecture 17Outline of Last LectureI. Holocaust Survivor SpeechOutline 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 waro Selective Service Act by President Wilsono Organizing allieso Not selling aluminum anymore- Germans vs. Russia (1942-1944)o Major battle of the waro Big portion of German troops are lost in this battle (96%)o Germans siege Leningrad for 900 dayso Made it to within 10 miles of Moscowo US stops the Germans from going South b/c of oilfields - Japanese attack US at Pearl Harbor in Hawaiio Jap declares war on USo 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 headingo AustraliaThese 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 navyo Jap lose 21 shipo Importance: US blocks them from Australia- 4. US stops Japs at Midway to keep them from going Easto Battle of Midway: US expected Jap ships but did not know where they were goingo Americans on each island would send letters with code phrases to figure out where they are- 5. US takes on the Germans while repairing Navyo War in N. Africao Germans attack North Africa b/c they want the Sues Canalo Operation Torch: US invades N. Africao British chase the Germans awayo 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 Germanso US puts Stalin off b/c they are not preparedo 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 campso Roosevelt doesn’t want to be seen as Pro-Jewisho 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 sideo Allies coming in on Western sideo 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 Berlino 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
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