Today, the computers finally started working. This is basically the information I got for today and yesterday, along with the whole story on Hannibal Lecter for Bruns.
V. Munich Conference-Policy of Appeasement
Held to determine what was to be done with the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia. Hitler wanted it. Germany, France, Great Britain, and Italy were all there. Neville Chamberlain; GB. Ended in a compromise; Hitler given Sudentenland in exchange for his promise to not take any more land. Policy of Appeasement; satisfy Hitler to make him happy so he'll go away with what he wants and not ask for any more. Chamberlain thought he prevented a huge war, but really just delayed it.
VI. US Role in the 1920's/1930's
-Washington Naval Conference
-Kellog-Briand Pact
Outlawed war. 4 years after signing, Japan attacks Manchuria for resources. FDR issued Holly-Smoot tarriff which stopped trade with Japan.. made them angry.
-Neutrality Acts throughout the 1930's
1936; FDR signed Neutrality act.. gave loans to countries at war, arms embargo with warring nations also
-Quarantine Speech
Was first time that FDR showed that he favored the allied powers and said that the peaceful nations needed to quaratine the others.
-Panay Incident
First aggressive incident with Japan, they attacked the Panay; 2 Americans died.
-Bases for Destroyers
we gave Great Britain destroyer ships and in turn they gave us naval bases
-Lend-Lease Act
lend or lease materials to allied powers; tanks and machinery as long as they returned it to us
VII. Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
-Russia gave raw materials to Germany in exchange for money and weapons. Both agreed to stay neutral if the other entered the war. Secretly agreed to invade and split Poland.
VIII. Outbreak of War
-Japan and China
-Germany and Poland
September 1, 1939. Lightning war. Took out highways, airfields, communication centers, etc.
Sitzkrieg; Phony war. 39-40 winter; nothing really happened anywhere. Tripartite Pact; Japan officially added to Axis powers. Axis; Germany, Italy, Japan. Allies; U.S., France, Great Britain, Soviet Union, China, Canada, Australia. Germany invaded and took over Denmark and Norway, but could not control the North Sea because the British Navy was so strong.
-Germany and France
May-June 1940. Hitler attacks up through Belgium to avoid Maginot line. Taken over.
-Germany and Great Britain
battle of Britain, bombings every night. Germany took down many ships surrounding Britain.
-Germany and the Soviet Union
Germany invaded USSR; captured 90% of Stalingrad before Soviet Union could stop them. Slowly pushed Germans back. Used the policy as they retreated of "destroy anything that will be useful to Hitler". Battle of Moscow; snow and cold dark winter, Germany unprepared.
IX. Pearl Harbor
After the invasion of French inochina by Japan, U.S. stopped trading oil with them. So.. they decide to attack us. Tojo was the military leader, supported the attack. Hirohito was the Emperor, agreed with the attack. Admiral Yamamoto was the mastermind behind the attack on Pearl Harbor. Required complete radio silence as they traveled all the was across the ocean, had 2 waves of planes.. cancelled the 3rd. Made wooden fins on torpedos so they wouldn't go straight to the bottom of the harbor. First noticed by a soldier on a radar machine.. was told not to worry about it because they were just the new set of planes they were expecting. Many ships completely destroyed. The next day, Congress declares war. FDR signed the declaration of war.
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