HIST 1020 Lecture 4: HIST 1020 Exam 4 notes
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What is at stake: for u. s. Japans alliance to germany and italy via the tripartite. Japan wanted economic control and responsibility for se asia: u. s. citizens no interest in war in e. asia= economic sanctions, for japan, 80% of oil from u. s, o(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:1006) (cid:373)o(cid:374)ths" oil (cid:396)ese(cid:396)(cid:448)es. Total war: the home front and the battle front. The u. s. comes up from the south. This is the last show of faith between the us and the ussr. What is decided at teheran that they will open up the western front to help off the pressure of the eastern front (stalin) and if they do so, they will help take on japan after the war. He also wants say in what happens in eastern germany. Big 3 agrees to open western front to relieve ussr. East, southern, and western front were to push hitler and catches him by surprise. Hitler thought it would be open in callais but it was a miscalculation.
