day 4

• The Election of 1940:FDR (Democrat) vs. Windel Wilkie (Republican)

  • FDR won due to his experience with presidency itwas unique. this was the 1st time a president was elected for 3 terms
• in a suprising move Hitler invaded the USSR in June 1941. This broke

  the nonagression pact
• the US sent weapons + supplies to the USSR. many US supply ships came under fire. FDR authorized ships to attack if they'd been attacked first. two ships that were attacked: the USS Kearny, USS Rueben James. more than 100 americans died during these attacks
• Atlantic Charter: in August 1941, FDR+ Churchill secretly met on a US battleship called "Augusta" to plan on how to defeat Germany. They sent the charter to the allied countries.
• the relationship between the US+ Japan was strained. the US was upset that Japan invaded China. The new Japanese emperor Hero Hito wouldn’t back down to US warnings.
• On December 7th, 1941, 180 Japanese war planes attacked a US military base at 7:30 AM at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands. The attack lasted 2 hours. FDR went to Congress+ the US declared war on Japan.
• Results of the attack: 1178 wounded

  2403 americans killed

  300 planes destroyed

  21 ships (8 US battleships) destroyed
• FDR Quote: December 7th 1941 is a date which will live in infamy
• FDR‘s biggest concern was fighting a war on two fronts. 3 days later Germany+ Italy declared war on the US