Roosevelt and World War II

While dealing with the Great Depression, Roosevelt is aware of Adolf Hitler and Germany's actions in Europle. Although France and England are drawn into war, Roosevelt, like Wilson, seeks to remain neutral. The United States is drawn into World War II not by Germany but by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. We fight on two fronts, the European Theater and the Pacific Theater. Early in the war, the allies are losing on both fronts but gain victories as the Soviets open a third front. The Nazi's cannot fight a three fronted war and are eventually pushed back to Germany where they make their last stand in Berlin. The Japanese are defeated with a new weapon, the atomic bomb, which the United States uses to destroy two major industrial cities. The new weapon forces the Japanese to unconditionally surrender.

Topics:

Adolf Hitler

Concentration camps

Jewish refugees in the Americas

Nativism/anti-semitism in the United States

Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld

Invasion of Poland

Battle of Britain

Burke-Wadsworth Act

Land-Lease Act

Pearl Harbor

Singapore

Guam

Philippines

Hong Kong

Declaration of War on Japan

Allies

Axis

Anti-Japanese resentment

Anti-German, Austrian and Italian resentment

Interment Camps

Crystal City, Texas

Battle of Midway

Battle of Leyte

Battle of Okinawa

War Bonds

Rationing

Manhattan Project

Atomic Bomb

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

"Operation Overlord"

Battle of the Bulge

Conquest of Berlin

Surrender of Germany

Potsdam Conference