Why Did The Us Enter World War 2
The instability created by the First World War (1914-1918) proved to be not the end of a catastrophic international conflict; in fact, it marked the beginning of another also commonly known as the Second World War (1939-1945). World War II took the lives of about 17 million soldiers and an even greater number of civilians, who died due to bombings, starvation, and deliberate campaigns of mass murder. Additionally, this global war also ushered in the atomic age and was quickly followed by the collapse of the wartime alliance between the United States and the Soviet Union and the beginning of the Cold War.
The main parties were the Axis nations (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan and their smaller allies) and the Allied nations, led by Britain (and its Commonwealth nations), the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United …show more content…
In late 1939, two years before the United States entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt determined it would be imperative—and perhaps perceptive—to invest time and money into national defense. By the spring of 1940, he convinced Congress to augment defense spending, expand the army, and broaden the U.S. military air fleet. Through billions of dollars in federal spending—predominantly focused on rearmament and national security—he managed to channel money into a peacetime draft, elevate wages for military personnel, present subsidies for defense manufacturing, and permit loans to aid Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
As the United States had begun being in involved in the World War II, wartime manufacturing facilities had been set throughout the nation, creating an immense demand for labor. Merely within months of the U.S. declaration of war, the national unemployment rate plunged down a rate of 10% in comparison to its 1940
The main parties were the Axis nations (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan and their smaller allies) and the Allied nations, led by Britain (and its Commonwealth nations), the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United …show more content…
In late 1939, two years before the United States entered World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt determined it would be imperative—and perhaps perceptive—to invest time and money into national defense. By the spring of 1940, he convinced Congress to augment defense spending, expand the army, and broaden the U.S. military air fleet. Through billions of dollars in federal spending—predominantly focused on rearmament and national security—he managed to channel money into a peacetime draft, elevate wages for military personnel, present subsidies for defense manufacturing, and permit loans to aid Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
As the United States had begun being in involved in the World War II, wartime manufacturing facilities had been set throughout the nation, creating an immense demand for labor. Merely within months of the U.S. declaration of war, the national unemployment rate plunged down a rate of 10% in comparison to its 1940