2. FDR’s War Message
• Pearl Harbor was not the only area Japan attacked
on December 7
• “Yesterday the Japanese Government also
launched an attack against Malaya.”
• “Last night Japanese forces attacked Hong Kong.”
• “Last night Japanese forces attacked Guam.”
• “Last night Japanese forces attacked the Philippine
Islands.”
• “Last night the Japanese attacked Wake Island.”
• “This morning the Japanese attacked Midway
Island.”
107. Yalta Conference
Compromise-February, 1945
• Germany would be broken into four
occupation zones(US, GB, France, USSR)
• Stalin promised free elections in Eastern
Europe
• Stalin promised to join the war against
Japan after war with Germany was over
• Have a conference at San Francisco to set
up the United Nations
109. Indochina
• temporarily divide Vietnam at the 17th
parallel
• Japan would surrender to Great Britain in
the south and China in the north
110. Germany
• Goals of the occupation of Germany:
demilitarization, denazification, democratiz
ation
• Division of Germany(and Berlin) and
Austria into four occupation zones
• Prosecution of Nazi war criminals
• Reverse all German annexations in
Europe, including Sudetenland, Alsace-
Lorraine, Austria, and the westernmost parts
of Poland
111. • Reduce Germany in size by approximately
25% compared to its 1937 borders
• Removal of the German populations
remaining beyond the new eastern borders
of Germany
• Agreement on war reparations to the Soviet
Union
112. • Destruction/Take control of German
industries that made war materials
• Poland was recognized as being a
communist controlled gov’t
• The Potsdam Declaration: This ultimatum
stated that if Japan did not surrender, it
would face "prompt and utter destruction"
117. GI Bill of Rights
To help the members of the Armed Forces adjust to civilian life after
separation from service
To give those who cannot afford a higher education the chance to get
one
To restore lost educational opportunities and vocational readjustment
to service members who lost these opportunities as the result of their
active military duty
To aid in the retention of personnel in the Armed Forces
To enhance our Nation's competitiveness through the development of
a more highly educated and productive work force
