-December 8, 1941 - America enters WWII and is faced with fighting a war on two fronts. - After Pearl Harbor, the U.S. is determined to turn the tide against Japan. - The Philippines, Guam, Wake Island and Hong Kong, Singapore and Burma rapidly fall to Japan. - The first important U.S. victory in the Pacific theater is Midway, followed by Guadalcanal. - In Europe, the U.S> was fighting with European allies and the Free French who had been fighting for 2 years against the Nazis. - U.S. General George Patton and British General Bernard Montgomery lead successful Allied offensives in Europe and North Africa. - Soviet losses and the Battle of Stalingrad... - America and the Holocaust... - The tragedy of the European ocean liner St. Louis in 1939, no country - including the U.S., would let the ship dock to give sanctuary to the 900 Jewish passengers on board. It was forced to return to Europe and most of its passengers perished in the Holocaust. - Official Anti-Semitism... - America in war time... - The huge mobilization effort...