You put the state or the country above the individual

If you live under a fascist government, you have no rights -- in America, you can work to find success, in a fascist country, you cannot

Fascism is a political philosophy that values the state or nation above the individual.

During WWII, Italy and Germany were both Fascist countries while Russia, led by Stalin, was a Communist country so they didn't get along

Feels Italy has been shortchanged by WWI -- did not receive many territories

Forms the Blackshirts -- defending Italy against a Communist revolutio

After WWI, Germany establishes a democracy known as the Weimar Republic

separation of powers to make sure not one side of the govt will get too powerful

Hitler is able to use the instruments of democracy to create a dictatorship

Left feeling enraged by Germany's defeat and by Treaty of Versailles

1920 -- Party changes to National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI)

By 1923, Nazi party swells to 55,000

Hitler and party attempted to seize power in city of Munich

Jailed and writes Mein Kampf or “My Struggle”

Focuses on getting Nazis elected to the Reichstag

Hitler wants to make a strong country so he builds a strong military and goes against the treaty of Versaille

1930s -- Japan also eager to establish itself as a world power

Suffering economically -- just like many other countries around the world

Japan is an island and too big of a population for too small of a country

Japan focuses in on different regions of China that are also very rich in resources to benefit Japan economically, and makes them appear to other country as a growing power

As the Japanese begin to invade regions, they perform a genocide against Chinese people

tortured and killed many Chinese in the region to express the country as strong and powerful and that people should fear them

small region of Czechoslovakia of people who spoke in german

the people of Sudetenland do not like that Germany had annexed their region and go to France and GB for help

Some believe that Hitler's demands of unification of German-speaking regions is reasonable

Once the Nazis gain more territory, they'll finally be satisfied and war will be avoided

September 1939 -- signs nonaggression pact with Soviet Union

Nazi Germany and Soviet Union promise not to attack each other for a period of 10 years

Invaded by Germans once before WWI and don't want that to happen again

Non-aggression Pact means that Germany doesn't have to fear Soviet assault!

France and England will no longer appease Germany

Congress responds to isolationist sentiment in the 1930s by passing three neutrality acts

“Cash and carry” - Sell goods (but not weapons) to countries only if they pay cash and pick up goods themselves

Increased American aid to the Allies without armed intervention

Staunchly isolationist group that firmly opposes aid to the Allies or intervention

can help out the allies but not going to send any soldiers to fight

Desperate because Great Britain and German are joined as allies.

France now under German Occupation

goes to FDR for help as he needs more money, resources, and man power

US lends or leases arms to any country considered "vital to the defense of the US"

US will provide war supplies and worry about payment later

US will be the great supplier of resources and weaponry in order to preserve democracy

US was helping China in order to fight against Japan and help China out of the Japanese genocide.

Involves three different countries, Germany, Italy, and Japan

If one of the countries gets attacked, the others will come to its defense

Going to stop trading oil with Japan which Japan needs in their war effort

Japan offers to withdraw troops from Indochina if US will resume oil shipments

US intercepted a telegram saying Japan is going to attack the US except the US didn't know when or where

December 7, 1941 -- Japan launches surprise attack on American naval base in Hawaii

3 days later Japan, Germany and Italy honor the Tripartite Pact and declare war on the US

people from Japan were not an exception : to that

Americans were against foreign people from immigrating into the US

many Japanese people lived along the west coast of America

banned the immigration of Japanese people into the US

Japan sent in planes and bombings and killed many American soldiers

Americans become unified and motivated to fight WWII

Americans become concerned about the issei and nissei because they believe they must have loyalty back to their home country

Americans think Japanese Americans are planning an attack from within America and are reporting information to Japan

Arrested and become prisoners because the American government believes Japanese Americans are untrustworthy, not loyal to the US government

lots of people bargained and sold whatever they could not bring

Japanese perform labor in a barrack style of living and helped with the war effort

people sent to camps solely based off of their race and origins

Nissei Americans are denied of their basic rights as they do not get the right to a fair trial

arrested because the govt. had some sort of evidence to back the claim that they had concern for them helping their home country

homes taken away, haven't worked for money in years

Eventually the govt. admits it was a major wrongdoing

Germany defeats France -- US introduces the Selective Service and Training Act

Take your aptitude test and you're off to basic training!

If US wants to portray itself as a defender of democracy, then it must be willing to end discrimination at home.

took an aptitude test to determine how they would support in the war effort

Military. the day, usually unspecified, set for the beginning of a planned attack.

June 6, 1944, the day of the invasion of western Europe by Allied forces in World War II.

Stalin begs for a second European front -- attack Germany from west

Eisenhower states the US military will invade northern African countries owned by France that were currently owned by Germany

Gives military a place to build their resources and train their military

meanwhile Soviets are trying to fight off against German powers

but didn’t know when or where – suspects Pas-de-Calais

fake tanks or trucks that makes US look as if they are plotting something

Low tide must come at dawn so gunners can bombard the coast

Weather had to be good!

Eisenhower makes last minute decision based on meteorology report

By June 11, Allied troops spread across countryside

invasion from allied powers into western Germany

American troops within 20 miles of German border

Allies close in on Germany – Hitler tries one last ditch attempt to win

Cut off Allied supplies coming through Belgium

Attack began before dawn on December 16, 1944

While US and British fight Germans in France, Soviet Union begins massive attack on Germans in Russia

As Soviets cross Germany's eastern border, Americans attack Germany's western border

Soviets and Americans finally make it to Berlin days later

Stays in his underground bunker as Berlin is attacked

Soviets responsible to help with what happens with the concentration camps

The US is trying to stay neutral in the war and accepting the Jews would mean being against Germany

US did not accept ships of Jews trying to escape Fascist policies

Jewish people (immigrants) would take American jobs while in the middle of a depression

Rescue of Jews and other targeted groups not a priority

American press did not always place emphasis on reporting Nazi atrocities

The enemy was tough and determined. They were trained never to give up and that suicide or death by fighting were more honorable than surrender

US adopts the strategy of "Island Hopping" to inch its way toward Japan

• Take over an island and establish a military base
  

Following Pearl Harbor, Japanese attack US airfields in the Philippines

Very Rugged terrain -- troops hold out for 3 months

78,000 prisoners of war forced to march 80 miles to a Japanese prison camp

US Air Force begins bombing Japan for the first time in retaliation

Japanese strategy

• American fleet must be destroyed in order to protect Tokyo from bombing
• Do this by attacking Midway Island

Japanese wouldn't surrender and used kamikaze attacks in which they run their plane straight into the plane of an American

Sets up secret committee to build an atomic bomb code named "The Manhattan Project"

US had fire bombed Japan for months, but wanted a quick end to the war for many reasons

August/September 1945 – Peace agreement between US and Japan is declared.

FDR died in his fourth term from a stroke and Truman took over as president

• Truman decided to drop the bomb without any second thoughts

The two cities were picked to maximize the impact and devastation for Japan, cities were very densely populated and were of importance to Japan

Thousands more die for years due to radiation poisoning.