WWII Erupts Ch 13.1-3
A. Totalitarian Leaders • Europe After WWI • Benito Mussolini • Adolf Hitler • Joseph Stalin • Japan
B. Europe Goes to War • Hitler’s early actions & Appeasement • Hitler attacks Poland • France Falls • Battle of Britain • Japan seeks more territory
C. US Enters the War 1. US Isolationism • Neutrality Acts (1935+) 2. Moving to Intervention • Spanish Civil War & Japan • Italy invades Ethiopia • Quarantine Speech
3. Preparing for War • Cash-and-Carry Policy • Lend Lease Act makes the US the Arsenal of Democracy • Atlantic Charter signed
4. Pearl Harbor • Causes