FDR AND WWII 32 nd President Democrat 1933-1945 “A date that will live in infamy”
FDR AND WWII
32nd President
Democrat1933-1945“A date that will live in infamy”
Germany-1933
Hitler elected chancellor
Mein Kampf
“Fuehrer of the 3rd Reich”
1934
1934-1937
Jewish Ghettos
Aryan Race
Hitler ignores Treaty of VersaillesNo more paymentsBuild up Army
1938
Hitler attacks Austria and Czechoslovakia
There were Germans living under foreign rule!
Munich Pact-1938
Hitler agrees with England and France- no more war
Appeasement policy!!!
Meanwhile…AXIS POWERS- Tokyo, Berlin, Rome
Spanish Civil War
Franco wins
Non-Aggression Pact
September 1,1939-BLITZKREIG!
Hitler attacks Poland
England and France
declare war
1940
April-Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
June-France (Paris is abandoned)
July-The Battle of Britain begins!
Frightening!
FDR response
Cash-Carry
Lend-Lease
The country needs me!!!
1940 election- FDR vs. Wilkie
Washington wouldn’t, Grant couldn’t, FDR shouldn’t!
Better a third term than a third rate!
Don’t change horses in midstream
Results
Quietly prepare-learn from Wilson
Build up 2 ocean navy
Draft
Secret operations
Radio is a "limited national resource"
Shuts up Coughlin!
Hitler attacks Russia! Sept, 1941
Why???
Meanwhile…Japan has been cut off of oil.
Choice A- pull out of China
Choice B-attack middle east
Choice C-attack U.S. first
December 7th, 1941
19 ships
188 planes
2,400 Americans
0 aircraft carriers
Where to go first?
Why Europe?Eisenhower
Defensive fighting in PacificMacArthur
1942- Success and Concern
North Africa-Patton vs. Rommel
Philippines- “I shall return!”
1943-Italy-Mussolini
Now where- France or Russia?
Why?
What about Battle of Stalingrad?
D-Day-June 6th
, 1944
Largest land, air, and sea invasion in history!
Operation Overlord
Island hopping in the Pacific
Midway, Guadal Canal, Philippines,
Iwo Jima
Election time again- FDR vs. Dewey
1945January- Battle of the Bulge
Now, the race is on!
April 12, 1945- oh, no!
Lucy Mercer
Harry Truman
April 30th, 1945
Eva Braun
May 8th-V-E day
Focus on Pacific
Tokyo fire bombings
July 16, 1945-the test
August 6th, 1945
Hiroshima100,000 instantly
100,000 radiation
August 9th, 1945Nagasaki
60,000 instantly100,00 radiation
August 14th-V-J Day
Was it the right thing to do???
Other issues…
Rosie Riveter
Four Freedoms Speechfreedom of
speech
freedom of worship
freedom from want
freedom from fear
Korematsu vs. the U.S.
The Holocaust
When did FDR know?
Voyage of the DamnedSS St. Louis-1939
620 passengers returned to Europe (England & France
260 perish from the Holocaust
Operation Paper Clip & Manhattan Project
Operation Unthinkable
Propaganda
Cartoons at War
Daffy Duck