HST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Nuremberg Laws, War Profiteering, Double V Campaign
19 Mar 2017
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Fascists (franco) defeat the democratically elected leftist government in spain. 1936-38: hitler remilitarizes the rhineland and annexes austria and sudetenland (czechoslovakia) 1939: hitler invades poland -> britain and france declare war on germany. Axis: germany, italy, japan, and a number of smaller nations. Allies: canada, france, britain, soviet union, and later, the u. s as well as 40 other nations. 1939: nazi-soviet non-aggression pact signed due to hitler"s fear of creating two fronts. Ww1: left a legacy of isolationism and criticisms of unethical war profiteering: in reality, americans strongly favour the allies and provide aid for them early in. Germany subsumes much of europe -> america begins a program of military. 1941: when japan occupies french indochina, roosevelt freezes all japanese assets in. Japan the u. s: dec 7th 1941: japan responds by attacking pearl harbor, dec 8: u. s congress declares war on japan. War production board/office of mobilization: created by fdr.
