WWII Ms Lambly U S II Maginot Line

WWII Ms. Lambly U. S. II

Maginot Line • Blitzkrieg- Lightening War; Poland • Sitzkrieg-Sitting War “Bore War” – France and Western Europe

Miracle at Dunkirk and Fall of France • Dunkirk-small town in northern France near the Belgian border – 3 day delay! • 850 ships headed to Dunkirk from England saved 338, 000 British and French troops • British army equipment remained

Battle of Britain • “Even through large tracts of Europe have fallen…we shall not flag or fail…we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be…we shall never surrender…” Use of Radar

SS St. Louis May 27 th, 1939

“Neutral” Nation • Neutrality Act of 1939 – Cash and Carry • Destroyers-for-Bases Deal -50 destroyers for right to build American bases on Newfoundland, Bermuda, and islands in the Caribbean • Lend-Lease Act

• Election of 1940 - Roosevelt runs for an unprecedented 3 rd term • 1941 - Hitler invades Soviet Union • Atlantic Charter – Postwar World of democracy Churchill and FDR

Pearl Harbor • December 7 th, 1941 – “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy” • Causes: -Restricted sale of strategic war materials -Lend-lease aid to China -Froze Japanese assets, reduced amount of oil, and sent General Mac. Arthur to build up American defenses in Philippines • 2, 403 American casualties • 1, 178 injured

America mobilizes for WWII • American workers 2 x as productive as German workers – 5 x Japanese • Cost-plus contracts for production of war materials Car companies switch to making tanks -------

• Selective Service and Training Act-1 st peacetime draft in American history • “Double V”

Fall of the Philippines • General Douglas Mac. Arthur – Bataan Death March • The Doolittle Raid