Atlantic Charter:■US not so "neutral" anymore■After WWII◦no territorial gain◦no territorial change w/out consent◦self determination◦free trade◦freedom of seas◦wont have anything to do with germany til nazis are gone◦build stronger league of nationsOperation Barbarossa■German invasion of USSR■hated communist, lebesbraum■3 prong strategy◦Army north◦Army centre◦Army south■Scorched earth policy◦soviet union destroyed everything as they retreated◦hitler couldnt use any of their resources◦German supply line is extremely long■Germans advance to Moscow◦winter is the turning point- germany starts not doin so good■soviet slowly start pushing the germans backPearl Harbor■start- japan invades french indochina■US stops trading oil and stuff with them■Japan offers compromise◦US refuses◦tells them to get out of indochina and china■Japan decides to bomb pearl harbor◦thought we wouldnt want to go to war because of that◦thought that would get us to start trading again■Japanese leader- herojito and tojo■mastermind behind pearl harbor- Adm. Yamamoto■had 2 waves of planes- cancelled 3rd wave■put wood fins on bombs to allow them to be more buoyant■didnt get our aircraft carriers■December 8th 1941- FDR gives speech■we declare war
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