Monday- Movie
Tuesday- Movie
Wednesday- Movie
Thursday-
- Potsdam Conference
- On July 26, the US, UK, and china issued Potsdam declaration
- Announced the terms for Japan's surrender
- "We will not deviate from them, there"
- Japan government must be dismantled
- The allies will occupy japan
- Japan will loose all territory that they gained in WW2.
- Disarm the military
- war crimes trial for most of japans soldiers. (The higher ups)
- Democracy will be promoted as well as the first amendment.
The U.S. in WWII
Allied powers
- US UK, Africa, Asia
- most of them at the time were eurpien controlled
US after WW1
- The US never signed the treaty of Versailles
- Wilson vs congress
- Join the league of nations
- The US went back to focusing
Neutrality acts
- Act of 1935- Stop trading with country at war.
- 1936- Stop loaning money to country at war
- 1937- Cash and Carry system
- 1939- Weapons trade
Friday-
End of US neutrality
- End if neutrality for the US came with the lend lease act
- this acted allowed the US to sell, lend, or give war materials to allied powers
Selective training
- Needed men to be 21- 35 to register
- soon turned to 18-45
- First peace time draft
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