Quarantine Speech-1937
-Realtes to war.
-quarantine: Not good
-He was meaning Germany, Japan, Italy
Appeasement Policy
- "a diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding was by making concessions to an aggressor"
- Great Britain and France usewd this policy througthout the 1930s
- Helped give Japan, Ital and Germany confidence that they would face no consequences for thier actions
- Considered to be a huge mistake by historians.
Panay Incident- 1937
-Japan attacks a ship and kills people. Japanese people said they thought it was China's ship, but it was the United States ship.
Anschluss With Austria-1938
Munish Conference
Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact 1939
- German ambassador von Ribbenstrop and Soviet dictator Stalin laugh as Molotov signs the Nazi-Soviet Non-addression Pact August 23, 1939.
- 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. Germany would get the western half and USSR the eastern half.
- Russia would get Finland, Estonia and Latvia and Germany would get Lithuania.
How did the world react to this pact?
- Shock
- Poland was in a very tough spot
- Hilter thought it would force Great Britain and France to back out of their promise to help Polnad if attacked.
Blitzkrieg-Lightening War
- Airforce attacks enemy front-line and rear positions, main roads, airfelds and communication centers. At the same time, infantry attacks on the entire frontline and engages enemy.
- Infantry attacks enemy flanks in order to link up with other groups to complete the attack.
- Main force link up with other units encitcling and cutting off the enemy.
- Goal was to achieve as quickly as possible.
Axis Powers
Main-Germany, Italy, Japan
Allied Powers- Great Britain, Soviet Union, USm China, France
- Europe- Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Greese, Norway. Africa- Egpyt. Austrilla, Canada
Maginot Line
- Was a line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, artitlery casmates,
- France constructed this along its borders with Germany and Italy after what happened to them in WWI.
Vichy Government
- Led by Marshal Henri Petain
Nazi Goals
- Destory the Royal Air Force(before invasion was possible-hopefully by 9-15)
- Attack and destory the Brisitsh Navy
- Attack British troops
- After gaining air superiority, the invasion of Great Britain would be if G.B had not already surrendered
- German bombers did so poorly against the RAF that they started bombing at night only- randomly attacking cities.
- Great Britain was aided heavily by the radar anf Ultra.
Urtla
- intersepting and desivering German code.
- Try to shoot down as many as possible.
1940 Election
- FDR third time running
- FDR won!
FDR Signs the Lead-Lease Act-March, 1941
- THE ATLANTIC CHARTER_FDR/Churchill
- August 1941
- Set up war goals of the US and Great Britiain
Goals
- No Territorial gain
- No territorial changes without the peoples support from those counties
- Self-determination
- Free Trade
- Destrustion of the Nazis and then setting up a peaceful government in Germany
- Freedom of the seas
- Abandon the use of force, disarmament and a stronger League of Nation.
In July,1941, Japan invaded French Indochina
In response, the US stops trading with Japan.
Due to embargo, Japan felt it had three options:
1. abandon ammbitions in South East Asia
2. Compromise with the US
3. Attack Dutch and British possesions in the Pacific and US bases in the Pacific
Japan thought that the US then would face a lone, bloody struggle and would settle for a negotiated peace that would allow Japan to do as it pleased in Asia.
Tojo wanted war but Emperor Hirohito wanted on last peace attempt. Japan offered this:
1. Open door plocy evrywhere and Japan would withdraw from French Indochina
2. US would stop Lead-Lease Aid to China and Start trading with Japan again
3. Japan would start peace talks with China
US refused plan on November 29th
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