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World War Ⅱ Sep.1, 1939—Sep.2, 1945 许敏 1091901323 Overview Outbreak Japan, Italy, and Germany began taking over other countries. Sept. 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland. British and French leaders declared war on Germany on Sept. 3, 1939. Two Camps the Axis Germany Italy Japan the Allies the United States Britain France A Grand Alliance The Big Three Great Britain (Winston Churchill) The U.S. (FDR) The Soviet Union (Joseph Stalin) Strategies for War defeat Germany first Germany’s Attack in Europe Polish invasion Sept. 1, 1339 Blitzkrieg Warsaw Ghetto Germany’s Attack in Europe Denmark, Holland Norway (Quisling) Belgium and France Dunkirk Britain Winston Churchill Germany’s Attack in Europe Balkans Russia US isolation Japan’s Invasion China Blockade Pearl Harbor Southeast Asia Japan VS USA Reasons USA ban all exports of scrap iron, steel and oil want Japan to withdraw from Indo-China oppose Japan’s expansion Pearl Harbor: home of the U.S. Pacific Fleet Japan demands: not achieved by diplomacy keen on expanding their empire have to make a decision ( surrender or war with the United States) the belief: defeat the United States Pearl Harbor (Hawaii) The major fleet base of the US navy in the Pacific. It was home to all the major US warships in the Pacific. Destruction of these ships would take out all the resistance to Japanese expansion to the East and South. the day of infamy  Dec.7, 1941 The Japanese launched a surprise attack. US warships sinking at anchor Japanese carrier planes ready to take off The US fleet lies destroyed. . Unfortunately the Japanese destroyed battleships, but no US aircraft carriers. They also failed to either destroy or capture the harbor The USS Enterprise Only luck kept this ship out of Pearl Harbour on the 7th. She arrived the following day. She was to lead the US Navy back into the fight in the Pacific. the first atomic