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U.S. History - WWII General Info

  • Treaty of VERSAILLES

    Treaty of VERSAILLES
    A signing after WW1. Taken place when Hitler marched troops into the Rhineland of Germany, directly breaching the TREATY OF VERSAILLES.
  • NEUTRALITY ACT 1937

    NEUTRALITY ACT 1937
    This Act limited the trade of even non-munitions to belligerent nations to a "CASH AND CARRY BASIS." To avoid any American entanglements, the nation had to only transport through sea using their ships.
  • "RAPE OF NANKING" 1937

    "RAPE OF NANKING" 1937
    When the sacking of the Chinese capital reached the American mainland. The brutalities had prompted President Roosevelt to abandon cooperation with Congressional isolationists, in hopes of a more forceful approach against the Japanese.
  • QUARANTINE SPEECH 1937

    QUARANTINE SPEECH 1937
    Roosevelt's speech was located in Chicago. He advocated collective action to stop the epidemic aggression. Later found that his hopes of igniting American sensibilities had failed.
  • MARCO POLO BRIDGE 1937

    MARCO POLO BRIDGE 1937
    The bridge where a skirmish between Chinese and Japanese troops broke out. In the end, the Japanese government used it as a pretext to launch a full-scale invasion of China. In hopes of delivering a quick knockout punch.
  • SUDETENLAND 1938

    SUDETENLAND 1938
    After emboldened by Western inaction, Hitler's troops marched into Austria and annexed the country. Hilters eyes then focused on the SUDETENLAND. It is a region in western Czechoslovakia inhabited by 3.5 million Germans.
  • NONAGRESSSION PACT

    NONAGRESSSION PACT
    Hitler was now free to seize the territory Germany had lost to Poland as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. Come September 1, 1939, Nazi troops crossed into Poland from the west.
  • Beginning WW2

    Beginning WW2
    After troops transferred over...On September 3, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany. World War II had begun.
  • UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET

    UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET
    Taken place when a swift first strike against the bulk of the UNITED STATES PACIFIC FLEET, this would seriously cripple the American ability to respond. The hopes were that Japan could capture the PHILIPPINES and American island holdings before the American navy could recuperate and retaliate.
  • CHIANG KAI-SHEK

    CHIANG KAI-SHEK
    The United States had ended shipments of scrap metal, steel, and iron ore to Japan. Later, the United States began to send military hardware to CHIANG KAI-SHEK, who was the nominal leader of the Chinese forces resisting the Japanese takeover.
  • PEARL HARBOR

    PEARL HARBOR
    Bombs were raining on the PEARL HARBOR. This is when almost 3,000 Americans were killed. A total of 6 battleships were destroyed or rendered unseaworthy, and most of the ground planes were ravaged as well. Americans reacted with surprise and anger.