Years after World War I left Europe in shambles, the German economy in ruins and its insurmountable debt to be repaid back to France and Great Britain, Americans were feeling the brunt of the war and realizing entering it was a grave mistake. Looking ahead into the future of America and her economy, then President Franklin D. Roosevelt sought out ways to keep America out of another World War. Congress would then pass a law that would later be enforced by the president, it was known as the Neutrality Act. This law banned and deemed illegal the sales and loans to any country at war. At the brink of World War II, Germany invaded France and President Roosevelt asked congress to amend the act to be able to supply its European allies with weapons
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Japan sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on a Sunday morning where the United States Naval Pacific Fleet was moored. The intent of the attack was to effectively knock out the fleet in an event that America was to be involved in the war. The attack was considered a success although all of American aircraft carriers where not in port at the time. Although there is no official record of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto saying “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible …show more content…
The World population, from a census done in 1940 was around 2.3 billion, although three percent lost their lives in the war, which is around sixty plus million people dead. Most of the 60 million, around fifty to fifty-five million came from civilians who dies from war related diseases and famine. The United States would loss close to 419,500 military men/women and civilians in the war which were incomparable to the Soviet Union’s loss of life projected at twenty-seven million. The War officially ended with the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of San
Japan sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on a Sunday morning where the United States Naval Pacific Fleet was moored. The intent of the attack was to effectively knock out the fleet in an event that America was to be involved in the war. The attack was considered a success although all of American aircraft carriers where not in port at the time. Although there is no official record of Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto saying “I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible …show more content…
The World population, from a census done in 1940 was around 2.3 billion, although three percent lost their lives in the war, which is around sixty plus million people dead. Most of the 60 million, around fifty to fifty-five million came from civilians who dies from war related diseases and famine. The United States would loss close to 419,500 military men/women and civilians in the war which were incomparable to the Soviet Union’s loss of life projected at twenty-seven million. The War officially ended with the Treaty of Versailles and the Treaty of San