Wednesday, March 13 (U.S.)

8. Japan and Fr. Indochina 1941

  • 3 options for Japan and Manchuria
  • Japan attacks US and hit them hard
  • Compromise with US
  • Withdraw and go back to Japan

9. Germany Invades Soviet Union

  • Know: Leningrad, Moscow, Stalingrad
  • Soviet Union was just too big
  • why did Germany lose? : lost because tons of people, lots of land, not enough resources
  • why did hitler invade? : tons of resources, huge size, oil and food, gain power
  • Lebensborn: breeding farm, where aryan men and aryan women tried to create the perfect race
  • Lebensraum: living spaces- he wanted more space for his race
  • sieze of Leningrad- people inside starved
  • Moscow- Germany only made in a few miles away
  • Stalingrad- many people died

Atlantic Charter:

U.S. and Britain drafted this charter for post- war stuff. It was drafted in 1941 and then all of the allies agreed to it. It included: no territorial aggrandizement; no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people; restoration of self-government to those deprived of it; free access to raw materials; reduction of trade restrictions; global cooperation to secure better economic and social conditions for all; freedom from fear and want; freedom of the seas; and abandonment of the use of force, as well as disarmament of aggressor nations.

Pearl Harbor

The story about Glenn Lane and how he survived on two ships during Pearl Harbor

December 7,1941

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