WW2 notes:
Japan invades French Indochina-after this trade was cut off from Japan; their military basically came to a halt
3 options for Japan-
1.attack the US
2. go back to Japan
3. compromise
Germany invades USSR-named operation Barbossa
reasons why Hitler attacked USSR:
Hitler disliked communists and therefore disliked Stalin and the USSR
He needed resources
Hitler was "breeding" German people and he thought that they would need more living space
Pearl Harbor-
On December 7, 1941 Japan sent a fleet of bombers to bomb the American fleet at Pearl Harbor.Japan did not officially declared war on the US until the following day, but originally the attack was supposed to take place 30 minutes after Japanese ambassadors cut off negotiations with the US government. However, the message sent to the ambassadors took to long to translate and be sent to Washington, so the Japanese attacked anyway. The attack itself, although seemingly devastating, actually had several major disadvantages: 1.the American fleet was docked in shallow water, so most of the ships could be easily raised and repaired (many were). 2.most of the sailors were on shore leave
3.none of the American carriers were present
blog: Neutrality act of 1935
Roosevelt's State Department had lobbied for embargo provisions that would allow the President to impose sanctions selectively. This was rejected by Congress. The 1935 act, signed on August 31, 1935, imposed a general embargo on trading in arms and war materials with all parties in a war. It also declared that American citizens traveling on warring ships traveled at their own risk. The act was set to expire after six months.
Three pronged attack on 3 cities: Leningrad, Moscow, and Stalingrad
Leningrad-Germany held it under siege
Stalingrad-Germany invaded
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