Before entering the war officially, President Roosevelt became increasingly fearful of Hitler’s land and power hungry domination of Europe. Soon it became evident that France and Britain were losing the war against Germany, this was made clear by a number of events. The most obviously worrisome of these events was the Dunkirk Evacuation which took place between May 27th and June 4th 1940. After Germany had invaded Poland in September 1939, Britain began to send aid to defend France; however they failed to protect France successfully as the German forces surrounded the British and French troops at Dunkirk, cutting them off. This resulted in the decision to evacuate Dunkirk which led to the surrender of France to Germany. This made it clear to Roosevelt that France and Britain were not on the path to victory, prompting him to aid them, even before war had been declared on anyone. This worry for Britain and France is what started to pull the US into war, as it made Roosevelt attentive to the battle in Europe, and caused him to later begin aiding the countries, which eventually pulled him deeper into the
Before entering the war officially, President Roosevelt became increasingly fearful of Hitler’s land and power hungry domination of Europe. Soon it became evident that France and Britain were losing the war against Germany, this was made clear by a number of events. The most obviously worrisome of these events was the Dunkirk Evacuation which took place between May 27th and June 4th 1940. After Germany had invaded Poland in September 1939, Britain began to send aid to defend France; however they failed to protect France successfully as the German forces surrounded the British and French troops at Dunkirk, cutting them off. This resulted in the decision to evacuate Dunkirk which led to the surrender of France to Germany. This made it clear to Roosevelt that France and Britain were not on the path to victory, prompting him to aid them, even before war had been declared on anyone. This worry for Britain and France is what started to pull the US into war, as it made Roosevelt attentive to the battle in Europe, and caused him to later begin aiding the countries, which eventually pulled him deeper into the