phony war
Eastern Front
In WWI, the region along the German-Russian Border where Russians and Serbs battled Germans, Austrians, and Turks.
Winston Churchill
New prime minister of Britain, offered words of defiance to Hitler
How did the us know Japans target
Japanese code was broken and the us determined Midway was the target
Isoroku Yamamoto
Leader of the Japanese navy
Blitzkrieg
"Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939
Roles of the us
-faced dangerous situations -Hitler dominated Europe so if british lost germans would take over Atlantic -Roosevelt was concerned about Britains fate -was forced to support isolationlism
Selective Training and Service Act
1940 law requiring all males aged 21 to 36 to register for military service
Germans occupied...
Balkan Countries southeastern Europe and they forced people to be slaves
Pearl Harbor
Base in hawaii that was bombed by japan on December 7, 1941, which eagered America to enter the war.
Who did Germany strike first during the blitzkrieg attacks
Denmark and Norway
Aftermath of the election of 1940
FDR won and promised to keep us out of war , he kept close contact with churchill
June 17, 1940
French forces surrendered six weeks after Germanys invaded the west
German Luftwaffe
German Air Force
What was happening in the Atlantic
German subs were sinking ships everyday
After Three months of fighting
Germans surrendered -losr 150000 soldiers -91,000 surrender -Hitler could never again launch an offensive on the eastern front
Japan's allies
Germany and Italy declared war on the us and brought the us into the second war
October 1940
Hitler gave up invasion plans
Aftermath of Pearl Harbor
That evening Japan announced that it had officially declared war on the US
What did most people believe would happen after the phony war
They thought another deal with Hitler would settle the matter
British advantage
They were outnumbered but they had warnings from radar that the germans were approaching
Pacific War
War against Japan in WWII, characterized by island hopping and intense naval battles
Lend-Lease Act
allowed sales or loans of war materials to any country whose defense the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S
Compromise and Neutrality Act of 1939
allowed the sale of weapons to countries at war, but american ships couldnt enter the war zone
The battle of the coral sea
blocked and pushed toward Australia, fought entirely Aircraft,
to deal with threats the allied powers
cooperated
Goal of Germans
disrupt production and break the moral of the British
puppet government
established in the southern portion, was run from the town of Vichy
Phony War
following the German invasion of Poland and preceding the Battle of France. Although the great powers of Europe had declared war on one another, neither side had yet committed to launching a significant attack, and there was relatively little fighting on the ground
What were Americans worried about
increase in military build up -and most wanted Hitler to be stopped but they wanted the us to stay out of war
The battle of Britain
involved the Royal Air forces effort to defend against the German Luftwaffe
After France surrendered to Germany
they occupied the northern half of France
What did FDR ask congress
to repeal the Neutrality Act of 1935 which involved embargo
results of the Pacific War
was a draw, for the first time the allies were able to stop Japanese advance