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Anschluss b. appeasement c. Joseph Stalin d. Atlantic Charter e. blitzkrieg f. Winston Churchill g. totalitarianism i. Adolf Hitler j. Douglas MacArthur k. Hideki Tojo l. WAC m. Neutrality Act of 1939
1. What happened in the early years of WWII in Europe? 2. What was FDRs foreign policy in the mid-1930s? 3. What was the debate between interventionists & isolationists? 4. How did the USA become more involved in the conflict?
Explain why Japan decided to attack Pearl Harbor, and describe the attack itself. Outline how the United States mobilized for war after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Summarize the course of the war in the Pacific through the summer of 1942.
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Terms and People Hideki Tojo Japanese general and prime minister during World War II Pearl Harbor American military base attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941
Womens Army Corps (WAC) U.S. Army group established during World War II so that women could serve in noncombat roles.
Douglas MacArthur general who served as commander of United States Army forces in Asia Bataan Death March grueling march in which Japanese troops forced sick and malnourished prisoners of war to walk more than 60 miles to prison camps during World War II Battle of Coral Sea World War II battle that took place between Japanese and American aircraft carriers
In early December 1941, the U.S. had engaged in warlike activity, but had not yet committed itself to join in WWII. A surprise attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, ended the debate between isolationists & interventionists: The U.S. was going to war.
How did the U.S. react to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
FDR condemned Japanese aggression & made a military presence in the Pacific. He worked to slow Japans expansion with an embargo: government order prohibiting merchant ships into or out of ones ports.
Angered by American interference, Hideki Tojo Japanese general prime minister during WW2 decided it was time to eliminate the U.S. presence in the Pacific.
On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attackers struck with devastating power, taking the Americans by surprise.
Americans joined the military, the Red Cross, & other organizations.
Women responded by joining the Womens Army Corps (WAC): U.S. Army group established during WW2 so women could serve in noncombat roles, Army Nurse Corps, and other military auxiliaries. Americans took new jobs making weapons & supplies that
Companies that once produced consumer goods mobilized to build ships, planes, and tanks.
In 1944, American production levels were double those of all the Axis nations combined.
In the early years of the war, the outlook for the Allies was grim. Japans Advantages
Dominance of the Pacific Technologically advanced weapons Highly motivated and welltrained military
Japanese armies quickly took Guam, Wake Island, and Hong Kong.
Then they moved into the Philippines, forcing Douglas MacArthur, general serving as commander of U.S. forces in Asia to retreat. The remaining troops were surrounded, trapped.
After a terrible siege, thousands died when they were forced to walk to prison camps during the Bataan Death March
Japanese troops forced sick & malnourished prisoners of war to walk more than 60 miles to prison camps during WW2
With hope for a quick victory fading, Americans finally got some good news. 1. Colonel James Doolittles surprise raid on Tokyo 2. The American victory at the Battle of Coral Sea: WW2 battle that took place between Japanese & U.S. aircraft carriers
From that day on, the Pacific theater of battle would be won or lost on the strength of aircraft carriers & planes.
A long fight lay ahead, but the darkest days of 1942 seemed to be over.