World War II
History M25 - Krister Swanson - Moorpark College
Peacetime Dilemmas
Roosevelt and Reluctant Isolation
The Good Neighbor Policy
The Price of Noninvolvement
The Onset of War
Nazi Aggression and War in Europe
From Neutrality to the Arsenal of Democracy
Japan Attacks America
Mobilizing for War
Home-Front Security
Building a Citizen Army
Conversion to a War Economy
Fighting in the Pacific
carrier group air battles-your planes attack their ships & vice versa
"island hopping"- bombard, invade, remove enemy, set it up as a base
Use submarines to attack enemy's shipping
Japanese don’t dig in & consolidate, fight for every island
War in the Pacific
Key Points on the Pacific
Navajo code talkers used to encrypt communications
Philippines important strategically and symbolically
Tragedy of Saipan due to anti-United States propaganda
Iwo Jima seen as final hurdle to Japan
1900 Kamikaze attacks at Okinawa
Timeline of War in Europe
8/40: Battle of Britain
8/41: Atlantic Charter
12/41: U.S. enters the war
9/42: Stalingrad
11/42: Operation Torch (N. Africa)
7/43: Invasion of Sicily then Italy
1942-45: Battle of the Atlantic and Air Raids over Italy & Germany
More Timeline
Late ’43: Stalin is demanding a true 2nd front in France (Tehran)
Eisenhower & Allies plan Operation Overlord, launched 6/6/44 (D-Day)
8/44: Allies into Paris
12/44: Germans counterattack at the Bulge
War in Europe
Losses
Everything up to 8/42 (Hitler builds the Festung Europa)
Wins
North Africa
Sicily & Italy
Stalingrad
D-Day
Bulge