Japan’s Forward Policy

I. “Great East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere”

II. German-Italian-Japanese Tripartite Pact, September 1940

III. US Embargo

A. Oil

Japan’s Decision for War

I. US Economic Embargo

II. Anglo-American support for Chinese

III. Anglo-American interference in Asia

Japanese Successes

I. Pearl Harbor

II. Malaya, Burma, Singapore, Philippines, Dutch East Indies

III. Threat to India, Australia and Hawaii

Shifting Tide of War

I. Midway Island, New Guinea, Guadalcanal, Marianas Islands

II. US “Island Hopping”

The Fronts of the European War

I. Eastern Front/Soviet Union

A. “Great Patriotic War”

II. Mediterranean

III. North Africa

A. Rommel

IV. The Balkans

V. Western Front/France

VI. Total War

The United States

I. War Potential

Diplomacy of the War

I. “Grand Alliance”

II. Second front debate

A. Operation TORCH

B. Operation OVERLORD

III. Moscow Conference

IV. Teheran Conference

End of the War in Europe

I. Russian counteroffensive

II. D-Day

III. German resistance

A. Battle of the Bulge

IV. Hitler’s suicide

V. Germany surrenders to Eisenhower and Zhukov