1930sfa

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1930’s: Rise of totalitarianism

Japan: slow aggression-1931: Manchuria, 1937-China - American ship sunk

Nazi Germany/aggression in Europe, Czechoslovakia/Munich Pact (1938)

Nazi-Soviet Pact (Aug. 1939): Shock!

Early war (1939-1941): Nazi conquest of western, eastern Europe

US: divided: America First Committee strong (isolationist) vs. interventionists

Lend-Lease passed, 3/1941: billions in arms & equipment to Britain, USSR