<p> Unit 9 Chapter 12 America in World War II Skeleton Notes</p><p>United States in Isolationism 1920 -1941  Washington Navel Conference –  Kellog-Briand Peace Pact (1928) -  PreGood Neighbor Policy The Origin/Causes of World War II  Rise of Dictatorships o Joseph Stalin – Russian Revolution – o Adolf Hitler – German Nationalism Socialists . Eugenics . Fascism . Nazis o Benito Mussolini – Italian Dictator  Failure of League of Nations o Without United States & Russia struggled o No enforcement or backing . Germany Militarism . Italy Attacking Ethiopia o Japan invading Manchuria  Munich Appeasement Conference o Sudetenland – many Germans lived in Czechoslovakia o Britian & France appeased Germans takeover of Sudetenland . Giving into a potential enemy to promote peace o Britain and France were seen as weak in Germany’s eyes  Germany invades Poland-Start of World War II o Joint Secret Alliance with Russia o Blitzkrieg America Preparing for War o Neutrality Acts (1935-1937) – o Cash & Carry o Quarantine Speech (1937) o Japan v. China . Flying Tigers . Preparations for War  Lend-Lease Act  Atlantic Charter with Winston Churchill America Enters the War o Tensions with Japan o Embargo on Japan – cut supplies o Pearl Harbor o Dec 7th, 1941 o USS Arizona Americans on the Home Front o War Bonds o 350 Billion o United States shift from creditor to debtor nation o Industrialization o Rationing o Official end of Great Depression o Victory Gardens o Office of War o Propaganda of World War II . Office of War Information (OWI) . Voice of America o Women & African Americans o Women’s Army Corps o Rosie the Riveter o Minorities during World War II . Battle on two fronts: enemy oversees and prejudices at home . Tuskegee Airman . Native American o Executive Order 9066 o Japanese Internment . Korematsu v. United States . Conditions in these Internment Camps The War in Europe o The Americans War Strategy o Germany First than Asia o Hitler’s Biggest Mistake o Africa and Italy – Southern Front o Britain and the United States coming from the South . General George Patton o Allies invade France and Germany in Europe – Western Front o D-Day – First Invasion of Europe by Americans . Normandy . Dwight Eisenhower – European Commander . Omar Bradley o Battle of the Bulge . German Offensive . Germany will be surrounded on all Fronts  Africa & Italy –Southern Front  British, France and U.S. on Western Front  Russia from Eastern Front . Vernon Baker – African American Soldier-Medal of Honor The Holocaust o Genocide of the Jews o Final Solution o Concentration Camps o Extermination Camps o Liberation of Camps by the United States The War in Asia o Japan had its way early in World War II o Bataan Death March (1942) . Philippines 60 mile march o The War turns on Japan . Navajo Code Talkers  Messages that helped the United States . Battle of Midway – Strategy “Island Hopping”  Turning point of War in Asia  Admiral Chester Nimitz – Commander Asian Forces  Destroyed 4 Japanese Air Craft Carriers o Noteworthy Famous Battles . Battle of Guadalcanal . Iwo Jima . Okinawa o Douglas MacArthur – General of the Pacific and Island Hopping o George C. Marshall – Chief of Staff “organizer of victory” The Atomic Bomb Decision o Albert Einstein & German Scientist Oppenheimer o Manhattan Project o Death of FDR = Decision by Harry S. Truman o Invade Japan or Drop the Atomic Bomb . Hiroshima & Nagasaki  High Profile Cities for War Production Legacy of World War II o V-E DAY o V-J Day o Statistics o US Soldiers Killed = 292,000 o US Troops wounded = 692,000 o Over 100 million military personnel fought in WWII – largest in history o Deaths worldwide =70 Million o Atomic Bomb Casualties = 230,000 o Majority of causalities in Atomic Bomb were civilians – deadliest conflict in history o Nuremberg Trails (1945-1946) o Liberation on Death, Concentration, Extermination Camps o Nuremberg Trials demonstrated that individuals are responsible for their actions, even in times of war o Denazification and German Post War o 4 Zones o Yalta & Potsdam Conferences o Occupation of Japan o Demilitarized o Led by General Douglas MacArthur</p>