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The Path to War: U.S. Neutrality, Growing Aggressions, and Pearl Harbor in WWII

Explore the critical events leading to America's involvement in World War II, including the Neutrality Acts that restricted the sale of war supplies and loans to belligerents. As Germany unleashed Blitzkrieg tactics across Europe, Britain relied on the Cash and Carry policy, bolstered by the Bases-for-Destroyers deal. Increasing tensions in both the Atlantic and Pacific culminated in the devastating attack on Pearl Harbor. This summary highlights key military actions and the pivotal decisions that shaped the U.S. response to global conflict.

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The Path to War: U.S. Neutrality, Growing Aggressions, and Pearl Harbor in WWII

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  1. World War II

  2. The Neutrality Acts Banned • Sale of war supplies to the belligerents • Loans to the belligerents • U.S. citizens traveling on vessels belonging to the belligerents

  3. Meanwhile in Europe…

  4. Germany introduced the Blitzkrieg

  5. To Poland

  6. Denmark

  7. Norway

  8. Belgium

  9. the Netherlands

  10. and France

  11. Britain stood alone.

  12. Britain stood alone.

  13. Britain stood alone.

  14. Britain stood alone.

  15. Cash and Carry Policy • Belligerents (Britain) could purchase war supplies and equipment in the United States provided they • Paid cash (no loans from Americans) • Carried the supplies and equipment in their own ships (no transportation on American cargo vessels)

  16. The Bases-for-Destroyers Deal, September 1940 Fifty older U.S. Navy destroyers in exchange for 99-year leases on nine British bases around the world

  17. Lend-Lease, March 1941

  18. U.S. Marines stationed in Iceland, July 1941

  19. Atlantic Conference, August 1941

  20. Growing tensions in the Atlantic • September 4, 1941--USS Greer fights with a German submarine; FDR issues “shoot on sight” order

  21. Growing tensions in the Atlantic • Destroyer USS Kearnytorpedoed by German submarine; 11 US navy sailors killed

  22. Growing tensions in the Atlantic • October 31, 1941—USS Reuben James torpedoed and sunk by German submarine; 115 American lives lost.

  23. Growing tensions in the Atlantic

  24. Meanwhile, in the Pacific…

  25. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

  26. The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

  27. The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

  28. The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

  29. The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

  30. The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

  31. The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

  32. The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

  33. The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor

  34. Japanese Conquests

  35. General Douglas MacArthur

  36. Bataan Death March photo courtesy of www.fourthmarinesband.com

  37. Weak American Response

  38. The Doolittle Raid

  39. The Doolittle Raid

  40. The Doolittle Raid

  41. The Doolittle Raid

  42. The Doolittle Raid

  43. The Doolittle Raid

  44. The Doolittle Raid

  45. A footnote to the Doolittle Raid

  46. A footnote to the Doolittle Raid

  47. A footnote to the Doolittle Raid

  48. Midway

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