the atlantic charter- to set up the war goals of the united states and britain.. that's odd because we were "neutral" ..but not really
GOALS: no territorial gain, no territorial changes without the peoples support from those countries, self determination, free trade, destruction of Nazis and then set up a peaceful government for Germany, freedom of the seas, abandon the use of force disarmament and a stronger League of Nations
German invasion of the Soviet Union- Operation Barbarossa
one of the bloodiest operations in world history. biggg mistake for Hitler.
goals: army go north and capture Leningrad, center army to go through the center and capture Moscow.
another part of the arm was to go in through the south and capture Stalingrad
the thing that really helped the Soviets out was the scorched earth policy. when they were retreating, they burned everything in their path so Hitler could not use it.
At Stalingrad, Stalin said that any German soldier retreating would be shot, so you might as well die fighting.
Germans were also unprepared for the Russian winter, so that helped the soviets and hurt the Germans. this was a major turning point.
Peal Harbor--
Japan invades French Indo-China, so U.S. stopped trading with them.
they came up with a deal, but we didn't accept it, so they resorted to invading us, trying to destroy our naval fleet and force us to trade with them again.
Japan Leaders- Tojo came to power and emperor hirohito>both okay with the attack. Tojo didn't really like the u.s., but the one who came up with the plan was Admiral Yamamoto.
he is the one who came up with it, but he warned against using it. he went to college here and said that the US is a sleeping giant and it just would not go over well. but that was their only chance, so Tojo went forward with it.
1st wave at 7:40, 2nd wave at 8:50..
our ships weren't that damaged.. we had to do a little repair, but then they were fine.
December 8, 1941. FDR gives war speech and congress declares war
Japan didn't just attack Pearl Harbor that day, they also attacked the Phillipines, Islands of Alaska, and others.
December 11, 1941, Germany and Italy declare war on the United States
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