Do you think the U.S. should have entered world war two earlier? why or why not?

i have to lead a presentation involving whether the u.s. should have joined world war two earlier or not...in your opinion why should they have entered it earlier or not? if you have reasons for both sides that would be great too! i just need some information so i can start picking a side and having an idea about both points of view. thank you SO much for any help!!!!

Mike S

It is my belief that FDR realized we would eventually have to enter the war but due to political considerations at the time and the fact that the opinion of the average American was one of isolationism he was prevented from doing so without committing political suicide. So he bided his time and aided Great Britain as much as he could within the confines of neutrality. Lend Lease was a result of that as well as actually ordering the US Navy to provide convoy escort to the halfway point in the Atlantic long before the war began for us. Well that's my 2 pfennigs. See if you can do anything with that. Good luck to you on this project.

SFC M

No. The U.S. was very much against the idea of getting involved in another foriegn war at the outset of WWII.

By waiting until the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US government was able to ensure that a large portion of the US population would support the war effort. Also, the military, especially the Army, was not prepared to fight a large, multifront war. Things were so bad that the Army trained with dummy rifles and cannon in the late 30s.

On the other hand, if the US had been involved from 1939, the war might have been somewhat shorter.

jeeper_peeper321

Nope,

It was a european war

Just why would the US get involved in someone elses war ?

It's not like Britain or France were our allies before WW ll

Ethan

Honestly if we would have entered wwII earlier then we actually did, we probably would of lost becuase we were still rebuilding our economy from the depression and by 1941 our economy had drastically improved from 1940 or 1939 and also i think we were trying to play a neutral role for the world during the war, we entered the war at the right time but we mainly entered it because of pearl harbor, hope this is a good opinion, good luck

My Name Sucks Too

yes they practically betrayed the whole world in waiting till the last moment.

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