Hitler Ignores Versailles Treaty See’s the League did

nothing to Japan- build up army.

League could not stop himActually makes Hitler

more confident Rhineland

Buffer between Germany and France

Hitler invades despite warnings

Austria & Sudetenland March 1938 German troops march into

Austria Munich Agreement

Hitler invited French premier & British prime minister- Chamberlain to meetHitler only wanted the SudetenlandAppeasement

Was Hitler really done?

Poland Hitler set his sights on Poland Hitler signs Nonaggression Pact with Stalin

Why?Secret plan: Germany and Soviet Union agreed to divide Poland.

Sept. 1, 1939-Blitzkrieg- “lightning war”- fast tanks-

fast planes- Germans done in 3 weeks.

*Stalin sent Soviet troops to occupy the Eastern half of Poland

Sept. 3, 1939- France & Britain declare war

Phony War French & British soldiers waiting for German

soldiers to invade France German soldiers waiting for French & British

soldiers to invade Germany. Sneaky Germans invade France through wooded

area (Ardennes Forest) Germans trap 400,000 French soldiers 1940 Italy enters war- invades France from south

DUNKIRK

U.S. Helps

Cash and Carry- U.S. sells weapons to nations at war:Pay cash & transport weapons in own ships

○ Why? Lend-Lease Act- March 1941-lend arms to any country whose defense was vital to the U.S.*Are we an isolationist country at this point? *So much for Hitler & Stalin’s budding friendship! U.S. gives aid to Stalin after Hitler invades U.S.S.R

“If Hitler invaded Hell, we would be willing to work with the devil himself” ~Winston Churchill

FDR popular but his foreign policy was not liked

Atlantic Charter- England & U.S. - U.S. did not join the war, but agreed on war aimsCollective security, freedom of the seas, disarmament…

Oct. 1941-German U-boats fire on U.S. ShipsRoosevelt ordered the Navy to shoot U-boats on sightU.S. destroyer Reuben James sunk- killing 100 sailors

By Oct. 1941 the U.S. is in an undeclared war with Nazi Germany in the Atlantic

Militaristic Japan Emperor reigns but doesn’t rule 1920’s extreme military leaders attempted to overthrow the emperor.

Great Depression put blame on governmentUnsuccessful

Military leaders launch surprise attack on China anyway

In Manchuria

Why would Japan want to invade another country?

Manchukuo- 1931 Within months Japan’s militarycontrolled this area Set up a “puppet government”Why didn’t China win against tinyJapan?

Back in 1912- Democracy established in China Chiang Kai-shek (democratic) could not defeat the Japanese

○ Better equipped and trained (westernization)Conquer Beijing and NanjingThe Democratic Chinese set up new capital in west and

continue to fight Mao Zedong (a Chinese communist)

Fast Forward To 1937----

Six Years Later

Japanese MilitaristsBy 1935- all Chinese agree to fight together July 1937- Japan invades China again

Japan takes the Marco Polo BridgeJapan moves south- into IndochinaHideki Tojo leader of military becomes Japan’s Prime MinisterU.S. - Japan Negotiations

U.S. wants Japan to retreat to Manchukuo U.S. cuts off trade with Japan- 1 very important

resource?!? WRITE IT DOWN!!!What problems would this bring about for Japan?

Japan Prepares Ship charter in Pearl HarborJapan scouted many areas in the South

Pacific for an attack. Japan was not wanting to go to war, instead

the militarists wanted to show the U.S. that Japan was a force to be reckoned with.

Japan wanted one BIG attack in order for the U.S. to give in.

Meanwhile, the U.S. freezes all Japanese bank accounts in U.S.

Attack on Pearl Harbor U.S. broke codes knew Japan was going to attack in the

South Pacific. December 7, 1941- Early morning Surprise

180 Japanese warplanes 1 hour and 30 minutes

Japanese 80% success 2,403 Americans killed & 1,178 wounded Sunk/damaged 21 U.S. ships 300 airplanes damaged Japan thought the U.S. would negotiate spheres of influence December 8, 1941- U.S. declares war on Japan December 11, 1941- Germany & Italy declare war on U.S.