U.S. Inches Towards War

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1940
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1941
1945
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U.S. Inches Towards War

• Foreign Policy Changes

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USA inches towards War
Neutrality Acts (1935-37)
Lend-Lease Act (March 1941)
Atlantic Charter (Aug. 1941)
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Atlantic Charter

• Churchill Roosevelt
  sign charter (Aug 1941)
• Upheld right to free trade, choose your own
  government

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SEPTEMBER 1941 U.S. were now ordered to shoot
German Submarines on sight!
German U-BOATS are Submarines
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United States

• Pursued a Policy of Isolationism
• Controlled Philippine Islands Guam
• Sent aid to China against Japan
• Cutoff oil shipments to Japan (July 1941)

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Japan felt vulnerable in Pacific
Japan

Philippines
A dagger pointed at our throat Yamamoto
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United States

• U.S. had cracked the Japanese secret military
  code.
• U.S. knew an attack may come did not know where
  or when
• Poor communication in U.S. military