HIST 151 003 1st Edition Lecture 25 Outline of Last Lecture I Chapter 24 The New Deal Experiment 1932 1939 cont II Chapter 25 The United States and the Second World War 1939 1945 Outline of Current Lecture III Chapter 25 The United States and the Second World War 1939 1945 cont Blitzkrieg Atlantic Charter Neutrality Acts Destroyers for Bases Cash Carry Lend Lease December 7th 1941 Current Lecture Blitzkrieg Lightning war 1939 1941 German military forces perform surprise attacks from aerial forces as well as ground forces o Caused shock awe confusion and panic German air force always preceded their ground forces Collectively frightens Europe caught off guard By 1940 England and France have declared war on Germany because Germany invaded Poland o Also technically declared war on Russia Russia and Germany were working in tandem 1940 Germany sustained carpet bombings all over Europe 3 5 France surrendered by 1940 all of Switzerland Belgium and Holland were overtaken Atlantic Charter Unification off the coast of Newfoundland in the summer of 1941 between FDR and Prime Minister Winston Churchill met in secret Winston Churchill was desperately searching for a way to keep England from surrendering to Germany FDR and Churchill drew up the Atlantic Charter blueprint similar to Woodrow Wilson s fourteen points Denounces tyranny in the form of Fascism Nazis the German SS and Axis Powers o Does not denounce Communism needed Russia on the Allies side Not a treaty simply making preparations to work together U S England 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 Neutrality Acts 6 10 congressional laws helped define America s transition from isolationism to war involvement Tells U S what they can and cannot do internationally The U S is not interested in military endeavors Will not sell ammunition to any countries participating in war Slowly began to reflect less and less neutrality as the war intensified Destroyers for Bases Cash Carry Lend Lease First Neutrality Act that gets the U S involved in foreign affairs Destroyers for Bases 1936 1937 Introduced to Americans by FDR via fireside chats o Encouraged Americans to build new ships and send the old ships to foreign entities Britain offers America military bases for American ships Second Neutrality Act Cash and Carry 1940 Let the British buy what they want from America using cash only British ships came to American Harbors with cash on board for exchange of militaristic goods and supplies needed for the war o If they wanted it they had to purchase it with cash only and personally come to America to pick it up and haul it back to England Last Neutrality Act Lend Lease Act 1941 Another fireside chat with FDR claims that the first two Neutrality Acts are not enough help Tells a story o If your neighbors house was on fire and you hated your neighbor would you help put it out o Yes Because your house may catch on fire as well Wants Americans to pressure Congress to pass the Lend Lease Act which involves the production manufacturing and shipment of goods to England o Goods received by Britain are taken as a loan to put out the fire that is the war in Europe December 7th 1941 U S military installation attacked by Japanese forces who were encouraged by Germany A date that will live in infamy FDR Japanese did not technically attack the United States Hawaii was not a state yet FDR informed Americans who were unaware via fireside chat Congress almost unanimously voted to go to war with Japan o Did not declare war on Germany didn t have to they declared war on the U S the following day 8 battleships were sunk 10 regular ships sunk 340 American planes were lost and 3 500 American lives were lost within 120 minutes There will be no lecture held this upcoming Monday April 6th Do not forget to prepare for Test number 3 which will be held FRIDAY April 10th