WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Question
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His embargo against Germany led to fewer losses of transit ships.
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His development of the United Nations helped to plan the post-war world.
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His use of the Lend-Lease Act led many American industries to convert to military production.
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His personal friendship with Germany’s Hitler delayed the outbreak of war, allowing the American military to create a large standing army.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Before Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt set up government science research and development offices that eventually led to major advances in atomic energy, radar, and synthetic rubber-all critical to the war effort.
Detailed explanation-2: -Roosevelt supervised the mobilization of the U.S. economy to support the war effort and implemented a Europe first strategy, initiating the Lend-Lease program and making the defeat of Germany first a priority over that of Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -Passed on March 11, 1941, this act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed “vital to the defense of the United States."
Detailed explanation-4: -Q. Why did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Lend-Lease program with the Allies have strong opposition from isolationists? It shifted foreign policy away from neutrality.