World War II

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World War II

• Pearl Harbor and beyond

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America Joins the Fight

• Japan was angry over American presence in Guam
  and the Philippines and support of China
• Japan relied on trade with U.S. for natural
  resources

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Trouble in the Pacific

• Japan moves into Indochina a move FDR tries to
  prevent by placing an embargo on things like oil,
  ore, fuel, steel and rubber
• Japan signs pact with Germany and Italy
  increase of embargo
• Only slows them down, doesnt stop them
• Tojo becomes Prime Minister The Razor
  focuses on military expansion and keeping U.S.
  neutral
• (compare to Ukraine and current policy why would
  Tojo want to keep U.S. neutral)

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Japan wants to continue to expand and U.S.
doesnt want it to happen Sec. of State Hull
rejects Japans demands in November negotiate
for a week finally Japan plans to strike a blow
against U.S. in early December What did FDR know
and when did he Know it?
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December 7, 1941
Japans navy sails to Pearl Harbor site of U.S.
navys Pacific base Forces include 6 aircraft,
360 planes, and assortment of battleships,
cruisers and subs American forces taken by
surprise suffering heavy losses, 2,500 killed,
8 battleships damaged, 160 aircraft destroyed,
128 damaged battlefleet knocked out of
commission for six months giving Japan easy
access to Pacific lands Aircraft carriers had
been sent out on a mission and were not affected
by the attack If Japan had been a bit more
aggressive and sent a third wave U.S. Pacific
fleet might have been destroyed FDR requests
Congress to declare war on Japan with the pact
it meant we were also at war with Germany and
Italy https//www.youtube.com/watch?v3VqQAf74fsE

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The Country Pulls Together
America shows a wave of patriotism like never
before join military, volunteer, mobilize Red
Cross All Americans, all ethnicities, join the
war effort 1 million African Americans, many
Native Americans, Mexican Americans Women join
Womens Army Corps (WAC) serving as clerical
workers, truck drivers, instructors, and lab
techs Army Nurse Corps help wounded throughout
Europe and Pacific
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Industry
Through Cash and Carry and Lend-lease America had
already begun to mobilize for war Government set
up the War Production Board (WPB) to help with
conversion of industries Office of War
Mobilization (OWM) worked to allocate scarce
resources needed for war effort rationing,
victory gardens, etc. Great influx of cash on
defense spending ends the Depression American
production levels, by 1944, were double of those
of the Axis nations put together war not being
fought on our land, longer peacetime build up,
etc.