yo what's up aush world we have World War I on the docet for you today continuing in our series of War video so everything you need to know about World War II let's get going all right so big Ideas before the war that we're going to focus on the Great Depression affected the US and the world drastically it really hurt the United States this is the worst economic downturn in American history many countries including the United States focused on isolation and improving their own situation and not worrying about what's going on in the world during that time in 1928 a series of countries joined the Kellogg brand pack which is arguably the stupidest agreement in the history of the world this made War illegal however there was no enforcement mechanism so everyone agreed not to go to war but there was no way to enforce this decision yeah that'll work out really well good job we have the rise of Fascist governments in Europe especially with Bonito musolini in Italy and Adolf Hitler in Germany when we're talking about Communist governments that's Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin we even have some militaristic governments specifically Japan in the early 1930s we have something known as the simsen doctrine which is named after this guy simsen this is a US response to the Japanese invasion of manua so 1931 Japan invades manua Japan is going to invade many countries and they're going to do it because they need natural resources especially oil and rubber so the US in response to this issues the Stimson Doctrine which says we the US would not recognize any land gained by Japan you are bad Japan we're going to pretend like you didn't do it essentially that's what the Simson Doctrine said we have the nine committee which is a congressional committee and this committee alleged that the US entered World War I to make profits for businesses so the committee said the only reason the US joined World War I was to make businesses Rich today this committee is definitely seen as flawed however back then it was generally accepted as kind of the truth so this helps lead to the Neutrality Acts of 1935 1936 and 1937 what these acts said is that the US could not trade with Waring or belligerent countries it didn't matter if a country was the aggressor or the victim if you are fighting a war the US will not trade with you it also said the US citizens could not travel on ships from Waring Nations so this tried to help eliminate some of those problems from World War one with traveling on foreign ships in 1937 we have an issue with the Japanese in the pan incident in which the Japan attacked a US ship and this leads to FDR issuing the quarantine speech in which FDR encouraged economic embargos on aggressive Nations so he encouraged countries to avoid trading with belligerent or aggressive Nations as a way to punish them instead of using Force when we're talking about World War II we cannot talk about it without mentioning the word appeasement this is arguably the the biggest cause of the war and this is giving into the demands of an aggressor in this case Adolf Hitler and the best example of appeasement is the Munich conference and you see right here in the middle and front of these microphones a guy holding up a sheet of paper this is the Prime Minister of England Chamberlain and at the Munich conference parts of checklist of IA were given to Germany and Hitler promised not to take more land and Chamberlain leaves this Congress conference waving this paper around saying we have peace in our time Hitler has promised to do no more wrong and we have avoided war too soon buddy so let's talk about World War II up to the US entrance and in 19th August of 1939 one month before Germany invaded Poland Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Nazi Soviet non-aggression pack this wasd between Germany and this guy one of the the high ranking officials of the Soviet Union Molotov you may know him that name from the molotov cocktail this is not an alliance as a pack rather it's an agreement not to attack each other and we know that didn't work out too well by the way do you know who this guy is right up here take a guess if you said Lenin you're right congrats now Germany invades Poland on September 1st 1939 and this is seen as the start of World War II and about four years ago I had a student who helped my class remember how you know World War II started on September 1st and she said this little rhyme 9139 Hitler says Poland's mind 9139 hit Hitler says Poland's mind 91 is September 1st 39 is 1939 that's how you remember the official start of World War to the US passes in 1939 also the Neutrality Act which is an updated version and this says that the US could sell weapons to democracies via Cash and Carry so if a country is being attacked and it's a democracy and it's deemed vital to the US interest the United States can trade with this country however has to be done on a cash and carry basis what that means is that countries must pay in cash in full up front and then pick up the goods themselves this will help the US not be involved in submarine warfare if they're transporting these Goods their own we have two groups that developed during this time isolationist versus interventionists and the committee to defend America these are interventionists and they propose that the United States provide as much Aid as possible to Great Britain and other Allied Nations during World War II on the opposite end we have the American first committee these are staunch isolationists and a very famous isolationist is Charles limber they did not Advocate getting involved in the war even selling weapons or anything whatsoever in 1941 we have an updated version of the cash and carry policy with the land lease act this is seen by many as as ending us neutrality what this says is the US could lend crucial supplies to countries the president deems vital and they're leasing it to them so they don't need all the money up front they're going to give them different military weapons especially Great Britain on December 7th 1941 this is a day that will live in infamy as FDR mentioned this was when Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese and the next day the US declares war in Japan and Germany they officially joined World War II so let's talk about some key events during the war well the Manhattan Project was a secret project to build a nuclear weapon it was really headed by Robert J oppenheim the D-Day invasion of June 6 1944 was led by Dwight Eisenhower and that really is the beginning of the end for the Germans the Yalta Conference be familiar with I also have a video on all these World War II conferences it's in the description I encourage you to check it out the Ala conference was attended by Stalin FDR and Churchill and Stalin promised free elections in Eastern Europe especially Poland see he does not fall through with that promise and this leads to tensions during the Cold War the Pod St conference you'll notice that there are different players here we have Truman instead of FDR and Atley instead of Churchill and Japan is given an ultimatum to surrender this is where Truman hints at having the nuclear bomb he even hints at this to Stalin and Stalin's going to feel left out that the Soviet Union was not in on the making of the nuclear bomb again more tensions for the Cold War and Truman is absolutely determined to hold Stalin to the agreements at Yalta particularly those that promise free elections in Eastern Europe these two conferences absolutely paved the way for the Cold War and also during World War II the the worst genocide in world history the Holocaust happens in which six million Jews were killed and about five million non-jews is well 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust all right let's talk about the end of the war in August 6 1945 in Hiroshima we have a little boy which is the name of the atomic bomb that was dropped 880,000 plus people diing it was flown by pilot Paul Tibbits here in the center and his his plane was the noay named after his mother I know what you're thinking you're looking at this picture you're like those are some really short shorts that's awful I mean let's look at those who seriously who would ever in their life wear such short shorts oh thanks Mom and Dad that's not embarrassing at all so let's go to August 9th 1945 3 days later we have another atomic bomb this time fat man is dropped on Nagasaki you'll see here the two cities in Japan that are have the atomic bombs dropped these two cities had a very large civilian population which leads to some debate on why Truman used Atomic weapons well there are many reasons but if you're taking a test the purpose is going to be to save American lives Truman did not want to use a Mainland invasion of Japan in which he would risk the lives of many American soldiers there are many other others including a prominent Theory believing that Truman wanted to show the Soviet Union and particularly Stalin that they have this weapon and it's a way to get tough with Stalin we can discuss all day the different reasons of whether it was right to do but for when it comes to a multiple choice question you ever see that know it was to save American lives the United Nations is set up at the end of the the war which is essentially an updated version of the you of the League of Nations and the US is one of five permanent members of the security Council and any one member of the security Council could veto anything that comes before them this again takes over for the defunct League of Nations which the United States did not join and this all of this stuff is really we're transitioning from the end of World War II to the beginning of the Cold War which the United States will join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO which is the first US peacetime Alliance in history absolutely positively know that all right we're going to talk about the home during World War II women in World War II you see them as this idea of Rosie the river which was promoted through films magazines Etc and millions of women took jobs in Factory and incomes of women increased during this time Japanese Americans I will have a video very shortly on this look for cor Matsu versus United States one president FDR issues Executive Order 9066 which creates Japanese internment camps and 100,000 Plus Japanese Americans on the west coast were moved to camps in the United States many of these most of them were American citizens born in America but they were prejudiced against due to the attack on Pearl Harbor so all of these Japanese Americans living on the west coast were forced to pack up their bags and bring what little belongings they had with them to different camps in central United States this is upheld by the Supreme Court in the core case KATU versus the United States see an increase in workers from Mexico through the brero program in which the United States encouraged workers to come up and work during this time and in LA in California you see the Zoot Suit Riot it was named the Zoot Suit Riot after the suits that they weren't here are two examples of these zoot suits and this was a conflict between Sailors and Marines and Mexican Americans This is a racial conflict between the military and mexican-americans usually young men in Southern California and finally the Sun Belt or the southwestern and Southern portion of the United States is growing during this time because new Industries are beginning to develop and this is a trend that we will see H we will see continue throughout the 50s 60s 7s and even today all right let's finish up with some test tips here some essay topics if you were to encounter one on World War Two it often would be about comparing US policies before and after World War I and World War II how were they similar how were they different and also you could see anay on the home front during the war experiences of specific groups like women like African-Americans like like Mexican Americans like Japanese Americans Etc finally another essay topic you could see is how did US foreign policy change after World War II and that's going to be the United Nations NATO and the whole Cold War you can talk about as well tips for multiple choice questions everything in this video but especially KATU versus the United States the NY committee the zutsu riot Truman used the bomb used the atomic bombs to save American lives and the Soviet Union promis free elections in Eastern Europe at the the Yalta Conference and good luck on any and all test that you will take this year especially the one in May all right thank you guys very much for watching hopefully I was able to clarify a lot of things from World War II for you if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them in the section below thank you very much for watching and have a good day