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Atlantic Charter--FDR/Churchill (goals)
-no territorial gain
-no territorial changes without the peoples support from those countries
-self determination- let countries decide for themselves
-free trade
-destruction of the nazi and then setting up a peaceful government in germany- only make peace with germany when the nazis are gone. No deals with hitler
-freedom of the seas
-abandon the use of force, disarment, and use a stronger league of nations
German invasion of USSR (operation barbarossa)
When germany attacked they had to do it quickly or they would become too tired, low on men, and low on supplies
when they retreated they destroyed everything that they could- Scortched earth policy
the battle between Germany and Russia was changed in the winter of 1941
-russians were used to the winter
-Germans were not
-took a lot to get food and troops were they needed to be
-snow and winter climate made the German attack get pushed back
Pearl Harbor (dec. 7, 1941)
-we stopped trading oil with japan because they invaded french indochina
-they attacked us because we stopped trading oil
-they didn't really have another source for oil.
-we agreed to continue trading with them when they pulled out of french indochina and china
-master mind of pearl harbor attack- admiral yamamoto
declaration of war with japan (dec. 8, 1941)
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