America and it’s growing role in the War

“Arsenal of Democracy”

Germany Control’s EuropeGermany invades France

in May, 1940Dunkirk

French and British forces forced to fall back

Mass evacuationNearly 340,000 evacuated

to BritainFrance surrenders June

25, 1940Pro-German Vichy FranceFrench Resistance will

continue through-out war

Germany and BritainPlan

Destroy coastal defensesPound the British with

repeated attacksCross Channel invasion

Blitz24 hr bombing of Britain

begins Sept. 7, 1940Will last until May 1941

Plan scrapped Italy has trouble with

GreeceGermany forced to assist

Prepare for larger invasion

Operation BarbarossaGermany plans to invade

Russia in May 1941 Italy’s issues with Greece

delay attack Invasion begins June 22,

1941 with 4.5 million troops Late start will come back to

haunt GermanyMove quickly

Control industrial center of Ukraine

Make it to Moscow Oct. 1941 but weather sets in Duh moment

Stalled in Leningrad

The United State 1940-1941Dec. 1940

FDR addresses the nationAmerica will remain

out of warWill supply Allied

powers“Arsenal of

Democracy”FDR’s plans

185,000 aircraft120,000 tanks

Preparation for WarSelective Service Act of

1940Fill 90 Divisions16.4 million will serve by

end of warAfrican-Americans

Represent 10% of population, but only 6% of Armed forces Marines: No blacks until

1943 Navy: crew service and

dock workers Army: non-combat Army Air Corps: Tuskegee

Airmen

From Car to TanksOffice of Price

AdministrationRegulate prices and

rationingOffice of War

MobilizationMajor corporations

will reconvert to war materialsMajor contracts go

to larger corporations

American PrioritiesAmerica adopts a

“Europe First Policy”Cemented in June

1941 with German invasion of RussiaPlanners agree

Russia will not hold out

JapanDiplomacy and US

Navy will keep “Those folks in line”

“A Date Which Will Live…”America Enters the War

Pearl Harbor, HawaiiNov. 26, 1941

Japanese fleet including 6 aircraft carriers leave Japan

Sunday, Dec. 7, 19416:05 am: First Wave take

off183 planes

6:55 am USS Ward sinks a midget sub near harbor

7:51 the attack begins A second wave of 173

planes does most damage to fleet

“Day of Infamy”Aftermath of the attack

4 battleships sunk 4 battleships damaged 350 aircraft destroyed 3 destroyers and 3 cruisers

sunk 2,402 killed

1,117 on the USS Arizona 68 civilians killed

Doris “Dorie” Miller Cook on USS W. Virginia Takes up a .50 caliber in

defense Wins Navy Cross Dies in battle Dec. 7, 1943

“We Have Awaken a Sleeping Giant”Accomplishments

Knocks out the US battleship fleet

Knocks out Pacific Fleet’s ability to defend PacificOpens door to further

invasionsFailures

Failed to send 3rd waveCarrier Fleet out at seaSub piers, fuel and ammo

depots, shipyards, and head quarters not attacked

Brought America into WWII

Not Just PearlPearl was meant to take

out US NavyJapanese quickly

advance through PacificTake Hong Kong,

Guam, Wake IslandDestroy US planes on

PhilippinesBegin invasion

Make their way SouthGoal: Block and take

out Australia

The World is on FireDec. 8, 1941

FDR calls a special session of Congress

Address the nation on the attacks on Pearl Harbor

Congress quickly passes a declaration of war

Dec. 11, 1941Germany and Italy

declare war on the US

Battle for BataanJapanese invade

Philippines Dec. 22, 1941US and Filipino troops

forced to Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor IslandMarch 12, 1942 General

MacArthur forced by FDR to Australia

April 9, 1942: Gen. King surrenders Bataan

May 1942: Corregidor falls

Death March63,000 Filipino and

12,000 Americans surrender Japanese unprepared for

the amountForced march to Camp

O’Donnell62 miles

Atrocities are numerous650 Americans and 5,000

to 9,000 Filipinos dieOnly 350 Americans will

survive the POW camps

Doolittle RaidApril 16, 194216 B-25 bombers

take off from the USS HornetLed by Jimmy

DoolittleMake bombing run

over TokyoMinimal damage

But morale lifted71 of 80 pilots return

home

Europe FirstNorth Africa and the Mediterranean

2nd FrontStalin wants a 2nd

European FrontSoviet are being

slaughtered in EastChurchill

Focus on MeditereanAfrica, Italy, Balkans

FDRWants 2nd frontAgrees with Churchill

Front pushed off for invasion of Africa

North Africa Prior to USItalian’s hope to capture

Egypt and Suez CanalBoth controlled by

BritishOperation Compass

Italy invades EgyptBritish push them back

to TunisiaGerman Intervention

Post Greece fallGerman’s under Erwin

Rommel enter battle

Operation TorchJoint US and British

Invasion of North AfricaEast to West attack

US takes Vichy French Morocco

British take Oran and Algiers

Battle of Kasserine PassFeb. 1943

Untested Americans against Rommel’s Panzer division

US force routedGen. Patton takes

charge of US forcesWhips them into

shapeMeets Panzers again

US takes this oneRommel is gone

El Alamein1st Battle

Stalemate2nd Battle

Erwin “The Desert Fox” Rommel (Ger.)vs. Bernard Montgomery (Brit)

British Defeat GermansTurn tide of Africa

campaignRommel ordered back

to Germany

Tehran ConferenceNov. 28-Dec. 1, 19431st meeting of the Big

3Stalin, FDR, &

ChurchillAccomplishment

2nd Front agreed toTake place in May,

1944United Nations

createdPush to get Turkey

on side of alliesBorders of Poland

accomplished

Operation Mincemeat: “The man who Never Was”Attempt to fool

Germans about planned invasion of Sicily

British officer with documents dropped in Med. Documents report

planned invasionGermans fall for

deception

Operation HuskeyJuly 9, 1943Joint US and British

invasion of SicilyUS take West and

British EastUS to act as support

Patton not happyRace to Messina

Patton takes Palermo in record speed

US wins raceAt a price

Aftermath of SicilyAug. 3, 1943

Patton visits military hospital

Charles Kuhl is a shell shocked soldier

Enraged Patton slaps himReportedNearly ends his career

German forces retreat to Italy before Messina fallsNow much larger force

for allies to worry about

Operation AvalancheFDR opposed to Italy

invasionWants material to be

used for 2nd European Front

Churchill winsStalin upset

Sept. 3, 1943US and British

forces land in Salerno, Italy

Italy FallsItaly surrenders Sept. 8,

1943Germany takes control

StalemateSecond US invasion at

AnzioItaly campaign officially

ends with end of European war

MussoliniExecuted on April 28, 1945http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

/File:Execution_of_Mussolini_(1945).ogg

End of Fascism in Italy