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Is it true that Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to be involved in the war and if so why would he want to?
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∙ 8y ago
FDR did want the US involved in the conflict raging in Europe. He feared, rightly so, that the Germans might manage to subdue large portions of Europe, which they did. And that the goal of Hitler's Third Reich, a united states of Europe with Germany as it's head, was within grasp of Hitler. FDR also knew though that there were very strong anti-war feelings in the US. During WWI, the British had made the Germans out to be monsters because they desperately wanted the US' involvement. And at that time, all trans-Atlantic communication cables went thru Britain, so the British were able to cut off any pro-German coverage. There is a story of a reporter who was with the Germans during the initial invasion of Belgium and into France. He was shocked when he returned to the US to read about the baby killing Germans. He stated he had never seen this happen while he was there. So many in the US thought that the British were just trying the same trick all over again. And there was also, though many do not like to admit, a strong communist movement in the states. This movement was taking it's orders from Moscow and due to the non-aggression pact, they supported Germany (up until the Germans invaded the Soviet Union). FDR wanted the US in the war, but also realized that he could not declare war without Congressional approval and this he did not have. It took the bombing of Pearl Harbor to finally give FDR the reason to enter the conflict
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∙ 9y agoFDR's ultimate goal was war with Germany. With Hitler quickly gaining control of all of Europe, he would have amassed an economically superior empire able to challenge the United States within 20 years.
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∙ 9y agoAt first Franklin D. Roosevelt did not want to go to war. After Pearl Harbor, he realized that the US didn't have a choice but to go to war.
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