HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Nikki Haley, Yalta Conference, Secretary-General Of The United Nations
22 Oct 2017
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Comprehensive exam: 5/11/17: large german minorities in austria, czechoslovakia, and poland (no self- determination) Philippine independence in 1946: neutrality act of 1935. U. s. citizens travel on ships at own risk: neutrality act of 1936. No loans to belligerents: neutrality act of 1937. Begins cash and carry program: neutrality act of 1939. Cash and carry extended to weapons of war. Danger zones no u. s. ship could enter. For and against atomic bomb (1 on there: yes, saved lives. Us invasion force estimated 1 million casualties. Japanese people planning kamikaze resistance on land and sea (3-5 million. Japanese casualties: bomb built to be used, can"t judge war by peacetime morality. Any means necessary: ended war sooner. Anything could"ve happened if it hadn"t stopped. American people still infuriated: scare ussr. Secondary consideration? revenge for pearl harbor: no, japan would have accepted terms without atomic bombs. Could have achieved results with conventional weapons. U. s. only nation (to this day) to use nuclear weapons.
