CGS SS 102 Lecture 3: discussion ss 1.19.16
1 May 2016
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World war ii, europe, and the grand alliance, 1933-1945. The united states and world war ii: isolationism, appeasement, and franklin roosevelt, 1933-1939. Us after ww1 became isolated from other countries and foreign policy. Not concerned about what happened in the eastern. Became more isolated after the great depression. Roosevelt became concerned but relied on british and. Us appeases hitler and he takes full advantage and continues to conquer. Sept. 3, 1939 british and french declare war on. May 10th 1940 prime minister winston churchill. Germans invade belgium, netherlands, and french the same day: the defeat of france, may-june 1940 (winston churchill becomes british. Battle of britain germans bomb britain night after night. Britain was not in hitler"s long term plans. Late 1940 hitler is planning his invasion of the soviets. Stalin doesn"t believe that hitler will attack him: operation barbarossa: germany invades the soviet union, june 22, 1941. They are not ready because stalin ignored the warnings.
