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Old 05-26-2008, 05:30 AM
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The BoB was really irrelevant to the US in general. The US society considered the war a "European Problem" and only after Pearl Harbor and Hitler's declaration of war it became "their" problem, too.
Not correct. The President of the United States Franklin Delanor Roosevelt considered the survival of Britain to be crucial to the interests of the United States. He was supported by large segment of the population, including most of the well educated. Unfortunately, there was another segment, equally as large, who were against the war for reasons that had either to do with anti-european feelings, (isolationism) or pro-German feelings. These included people like the Ford (car manufacturing) family, Dubya's Grandfather, Joe Kennedy, (father of John) etc.

Roosevelt could not ignore the 50% of the population who were against involvement, but he did everything he could to assist Britain, short of declaring war. That included the "Lendlease" act, which allowed Britain to take ownership of war armaments without paying for them, the gift of 50 Destroyers, (crucial to the defence of the convoy routes) in exchange for bases in the Caribbean, etc. Without U.S. help, Britain would not have survived.
 


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