The Road to WWII

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The Road to WWII
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1933 London Economic Conference 66 nations met
to figure out how to fight the Depression FDR
did not go because he was concerned about
domestic recovery more than international issues.
The collapse of international cooperation
strengthened the dictators position.
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1933 Hitler became Chancellor 1935 Hitler
called for compulsory military service 1936
Germany marched into Rhineland 1937 Japan
invaded China 1937 FDRs Quarantine Speech We
should quarantine the aggressors by economic
policy 1938 Hitler annexed Austria 1938
Kristallnacht
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1938 Munich Conference after Hitler took
Sudetenland, Chamberlain negotiated Peace in our
time 1939 USSR/ Germany non-aggression
plan 1939 Hitler broke promise and invaded rest
of Czechoslovakia September 1, 1939 Poland
invaded Blitzkrieg!
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US Reaction Congress passed Neutrality Acts of
1935, 1937, 1939 US citizens could not travel on
ships of belligerent nations, no arms sold to
belligerent nations, and no loans extended no
arms to either side in Spanish Civil War 1939
Neutrality is relaxed through Cash and Carry
Act countries could buy US weapons if they paid
cash and used their own ships. 1940 Selective
Service Act All American men 21 35 had to
register for a draft
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Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 was a preview of
WWII Franco, helped by Hitler, overthrew the
Spanish government US remained neutral, refusing
to sell arms to either side, which helped cause
the defeat of the Spanish democracy and
emboldened the dictators.
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1940 Hitler overran Denmark, Norway,
Netherlands, Belgium, and France US Reaction
Bill 1776 Lend-Lease Act Send guns, not
sons! By the end of the war, US had sent over
50 billion in arms and equipment.
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Japanese war effort based on shipment of steel,
scrap iron, oil from US, but in 1940, US began
embargo. 1941 US/Japan negotiated and US
demanded Japan withdraw from China Japan
refused US had cracked Japanese code, but
expected to be attacked at the Philippines
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December 7, 1941 The Japanese attacked Pearl
Harbor 3,000 casualties