Today we talked about Japan and what they are all going through.
The test will be sometime next week.
By 1940 the map of europe was dominated by germany and other countries.
the only thing hitler had left was great britain
soviet union was a neutral power. It's own little area that hitler didnt have to worry about it
invasion of great britain- hitler had it planned but wasnt going to do it right of the bat
plane attack on great britain
if your going to bomb great britain go after their army
would also want to take out their airplanes/the royal airforce
take down as many troops as possible. take out transportation and communications systems.
so it's crazy and no one know whats going on
take out the airplanes so that as your bombing great britain they can't shoot you down
the RAF shot down so many german airplanes so then germany only bombed during the night. The problem with this is that they can't see.
They basically dropped bombs randomly and they were hoping eventually the people will get so tired of it and say okay we are done
Winston Churchill- said we need to step up against hitler. and people said no we dont. after all these invasion chamberlin is seen as week and then they decide that churchill was right all along. He had a lot of great quotes.
he had a we shall never surender quote.
Nazi Goals
destory the royal airforce before invasion was possible hopefully by 9-15
attack and destroy the british navy
attack british troops
great britain was aided heavily by the radar and Ultra. Ultra is the code name from intercepting and decivering german codes. We knew what the germans were going to do and where they were going to be.
that was one of the reasons why we won WWII
spying technology was a huge part of winning the war.
Battle of Britain. Lots of major cities were bombed. Then when it turned to night time bombing a lot of random places were bombed. High level radar could detect them.
Royal Air Force
"Never was so much owed by so many to so few"- quote by Churchill
Luftwaffe
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Herman Goering he was the head of the german airforce
after hitler commited suicide he took over and then he commited suicide
British Propaganda Battle of Britain
telling a friend may mean telling the enemy
Bases for Destroyers Pact
US gave great britain old destroyers- this was when we were still neutral. In return they gave us bases around the world.
neutrality act of 1937- Cash and Carry System- we will not trade with countries at war, we will not give loans to countries that are in war. You pay up front. THe idea was that we could help out countries that needed it.
1940 election
FDR and Wendell Wilkie.
FDR won/ went for third term
However not as easy as it was before in 1936
FDR Signs the Lend-Lease Act
We would lend or lease supplies to countries at war. This replaced the cash and carry system. We wouldnt lend you money but we would lend them ships or tanks or weapons. THen all you have to do after the war is return it to us. Meant to help great britain, China, and Soviet Union.
All of these actions showed that the US wasnt neutral.
The battle of the Atlantic Ocean
A lot of stuff wasnt getting to great britain
At this point in the war the Axis powers are winning.
German U-boat Warfare
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