HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Axis Powers, Lebensraum, Ghetto Uprising
13 Dec 2017
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Thanksgiving break nov 21&23: extra credit will be posted. Final exam dec 7th: new conflagrations: world war ii. Us initiates cash and carry policy to supply allies with arms. Lend-lease program: us lends war goods to allies, leases naval bases in return. Establish the asian brotherhood of nations expelling european imperialists (japan"s supremacy asserted) Outbreak of wwii in europe, sept 1939: opportunity to grab european colonies. Japan"s advance to northern indochina (late 1940) Us embargo of scrap iron, and draft law; moved the pacific fleet. Soviet-japan neutrality pact, april 1941: marriage of convenience. Japan vs us allied with ussr, which kept neutral with japan. Ussr vs. germany allied with japan: japan"s initial success. Nimitz"s island hopping strategy and macarthur"s to the north. Homeland invasion considered necessary to force japan to surrender. Soviet entry into the war as necessary prerequisite for us invasion. Stalin"s promise to enter the war 3 months after germany surrender. Rights in manchuria and territories from japan.
