I. Context
a. Versailles
b. League of Nations
c. Empire
i. Britain
ii. U.S.
iii. Japan
II. Japanese expansion in the Pacific
a. Manchuria
i. Mukden incident
III. Fascism
a. Mussolini, 1921
i. Nationalism and socialism
ii. militarism and masculinity
iii. suppression of dissent
b. Adolf Hitler
i. WWI and Versailles
ii. Depression
iii. Weimar
iv. National Socialism
1. glorification of the state
2. parliamentary coalitions
a. National Socialists
b. Christian center-right
3. Chancellor, 1933
4. Reichsfurer, 1934
a. Nuremburg Laws, 1935
b. Kristellnacht, 1938
v. Nazi aggression
1. 1936: Remilitarization of the Rhineland,
2. 1938:
a. Austria
b. Czechoslovakia (Sudentenland)
c. Munich conference
3. 1939:
a. Czechoslovakia (rump state)
b. Non-aggression pact with Russia
c. Poland
i. Danzig
c. Franco
i. Spain, 1936
IV. Phony war, October 1939-winter 1940
V. U.S. Neutrality Acts
a. 1935
b. 1936
c. 1937
d. 1939
VI. Blitzkrieg, Spring 1940
a. Mobilized infantry
b. Luftwaffe
i. Denmark
ii. Belgium and the Netherlands
iii. France
1. Maginot Line
VII. American Response
a. Draft
b. Destroyers
c. Defense budget
i. Lend-lease
1. 1941, undeclared naval warfare
2. popular opposition to war
VIII. Invasion of Russia, 1941
a. Leningrad
b. Moscow
c. Sevastapol
d. Retreat
IX. Atlantic Charter, 1941
a. Freedom of the seas
b. Self-determination
i. Roosevelt
ii. Churchill
X. The Pacific
a. Tripartite Pact
b. Indochina
c. Oil
d. Philippines
e. East Indies
f. Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
i. American Pacific fleet crippled
ii. 2,400 U.S. sailors killed
iii. U.S. declares war on Japan
iv. Germany and Italy declare war on U.S.
WWII (CONTINUED)
I. Early losses in the Pacific, December 1941
a. Guam Wake Island
b. Gilbert Islands
c. Hong Kong
d. Burma Road (Rangoon)
e. Philippines
II. The turning point in the Pacific
a. Coral Sea, May 1942
b. Midway, June 1942
III. The Home Front
a. Manufacturing
i. Conversion of manufacturing sector to war economy
ii. Rationing
1. gasoline
2. tires
iii. Office of Price Administration (OPA), 1942
iv. Stabilization Act, 1942
b. Conservative resurgence
c. Women at work
d. “Double V”
i. Fair Employment Practices Commission
e. Braceros
f. Nisei
IV. North Africa Campaign, 1942-1943
a. India
b. Irwin Rommel, “Desert Fox”
c. Montgomery
d. Patton
V. Italian Campaign
a. 250,000 Allied troops
VI. D-Day, June 6, 1944
a. Normandy and Calais
b. Atlantic wall
VII. Island hopping
a. Iwo Jima
b. Guadalcanal
VIII. Atomic warfareEarly losses in the Pacific, December 1941
a. Guam Wake Island
b. Gilbert Islands
c. Hong Kong
d. Burma Road (Rangoon)
e. Philippines
II. The turning point in the Pacific
a. Coral Sea, May 1942
b. Midway, June 1942
III. The Home Front
a. Manufacturing
i. Conversion of manufacturing sector to war economy
ii. Rationing
1. gasoline
2. tires
iii. Office of Price Administration (OPA), 1942
iv. Stabilization Act, 1942
b. Conservative resurgence
c. Women at work
d. “Double V”
i. Fair Employment Practices Commission
e. Braceros
f. Nisei
IV. North Africa Campaign, 1942-1943
a. India
b. Irwin Rommel, “Desert Fox”
c. Montgomery
d. Patton
V. Italian Campaign
a. 250,000 Allied troops
VI. D-Day, June 6, 1944
a. Normandy and Calais
b. Atlantic wall
VII. Island hopping
a. Iwo Jima
b. Guadalcanal
VIII. Atomic warfare
