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War on the Horizon:
World peace collapsed in the late 1930s. Japan's brutal invasion of China, plus Hitler's and Mussolini's aggression, progressively set Asia and Europe ablaze.
German victories in 1940 and 1941 dashed America's hopes to stay neutral. Struggling to rearm herself, she also increasingly aided the beleaguered Allies. By the fall of 1941, there was an undeclared naval war between the US Navy and German submarines in the Atlantic. American economic sanctions designed to deter Japanese aggression were deeply resented by Japan.
By November 1941, American entry into World War II seemed not a question of "if," but "when." |