FOCUS QUESTION 1. What steps led to American participation in World War II? On J
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FOCUS QUESTION 1. What steps led to American participation in World War II?
On June 6, 1944, the allied forces of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, free France, and Norway launched the single largest amphibious invasion in military history. It was an awe-inspiring undertaking and one of the most remembered events of the twentieth century. The American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, as Supreme Allied Commander, coordinated an incredible amount of resources, supplies, and soldiers from different nations in order to launch the attack that would force Germany to defend its western flank while at the same time it was fighting the Soviets to the east. And Eisenhower did this without showing his cards and tactics to the Nazis. That morning, President Roosevelt led the country in prayer. The president prayed for the soldiers and steadfast support from the American people. He ended with the following words.
"With Thy blessing, we shall prevail over the unholy forces of our enemy. Help us to conquer the apostles of greed and racial arrogances. Lead us to the saving of our country, and with our sister nations into a world unity that will spell a sure peace--a peace invulnerable to the schemings of unworthy men. And a peace that will let all of men live in freedom, reaping the just rewards of their honest toil.
Thy will be done, Almighty God.
Amen."
Franklin Roosevelt, June 6, 1944
Loaded onto thousands of boats, and behind the machinery and firepower of the modern war, laid individual soldiers, who knew with almost perfect certainty that they and many of their friends would die on June 6, 1944, on a beach in northern France. Books and movies have tried to convey the scope and intensity of Operation Overlord with varying degrees of success. Indeed, this Primary Source Exercise attempts to allow more vivid and prompt reflection of that day, but the scope of World War II, much less the D-Day invasion, is almost too immense to comprehend.
DOCUMENTS
Document 1 is the speech drafted by General Eisenhower, in case of D-Day's failure. Eisenhower took the responsibility for his decisions very seriously, as exhibited by the note he carried with him at all times during the planning.
Document 2 is statistical information on the D-Day invasion. The numbers involved tell the story of how World War II was a war of the industrial era in all respects.
Document 3 is a series of photographs of scenes from the Normandy invasion.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read Chapter 22, with special attention to Fighting World War II pp. 678-686. Read Document 1, analyze the statistical information in Document 2, and look at the photographs in Document 3.
2. Answer the questions that appear after the documents.
3. Write a three (3) page paper in MLA style that answers the questions from the textbook. Also, be sure to include your own thoughts on the subject matter. MLA style is important here. Make sure you have the right format down.
Be sure to include a "Works Cited" page that contains a list of your sources. This page does not count toward the three page minimum. This is just like your comp classes in high school and the university. Excessive grammatical mistakes will be graded down. Points will also be deducted if your paper does not reach the minimum length requirements.
Your are also required to submit your paper electronically to Vericite. I will think that organization in the description. That group checks our submitted papers for plagiarism
Requirements: 3 page paper + 1 work cited page
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The official answer by the US government for this question is the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. While that is the trigger point, there has been a build up to that point.
The main reason for USA to avoid the war till then was the economic crisis in the country. America just experienced great depression that saw a massive impact on their economy. Naturally the country was eager to recover and was looking at every possible avenues to revive the finances.
At this point, participating in the war would have harmed the recovery process all the more. As a result, the USA, decided not to actively participate in the war but to take advantage of the situation to boost their economy.
USA had economic interest from Indochina area and Great Britain at that time. However, the country was also dealing with Japan closely when it comes to trade. Since Britain had to participate in the war, USA began to provide Britain with armaments supply. In addition, USA had also asked Japan not to invade the Indochina region during the war. Japan did that anyway and USA began economic warfare with Japan. The levied sanctions on trade with Japan while USA continued supply and sale of arms to Great Britain. This obviously appeared as an indirect involvement of war to the Axis power.
This triggered the Japanese forces to attack Pearl Harbor which made USA enter the war as an active participant.
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