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Philippine Independence
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U.S.- would be the neighbor who respects himself and the rights of others
Became the label for his Latin American Policy
Totalitarian Aggression
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Japanese in China
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Italians in Africa
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German Expansion
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Germany
o Building an enormous new army, making weapons at a frightening speed and menacing
neighbors
Rise of Isolationism in US
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Neutrality Legislation
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Atlantic Charter
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Battlefield
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1931- 1940
o Jap. Military aggression was militarily unopposed by the U.S.
1940
o Japan became a partner of Germany and Italy
July 1941
o Japan attacked and expanded through China
U.S. Response
o Embargo on all trade with Japan
Japan no longer had oil coming in from the U.S.
U.S. and Japan met
o Sticking Point
China
Japan
o Wanted U.S. to cut off aid to China
U.S.
o Demanded Jap. withdraw from China
Japan had a choice
o Give up dream of an empire or go to war
Chose war
America at War
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o By the end of July 1944 the Allies controlled 1500 sq. miles of France
Normandy and Brittany
o Paris Liberated on August 25, 1944
o By mid-September 1944 all of France had been cleared of Germans
Germany lost about half a million men
Battle of Germany
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Yalta Conference
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February 1945 Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to discuss the Nazis surrender
o Germany to be taken apart
o Russians get half of the German reparations
o German demilitarization
o Soviets enter war against the Japanese
o Poland to be independent
Stalin breaks most of his promises
Western allies still needed the Red Army
Death of FDR
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Collapse of Germany
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March 1945, Allies were closing in, U.S. forces from the West and the Red Army from the east.
Allies concerned with Soviet domination of Eastern Europe
o Do not want to trade Nazi tyranny for Soviet tyranny
April 25, 1945, Russian and U.S. troops meet at the Elbe River
Hitler commits suicide in Berlin, April 30, 1945
May 8th 1945 Germans surrender; celebrated as V-E Day
o V-E Day: Victory in Europe Day
Pacific Theater
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