Shipping military supplies under a program called lend-lease.
With Germany Roosevelt waited longer to respond while with Japanese he acted much quicker to their aggression. Roosevelt condemned both acts of aggression.
With Germany Roosevelt waited longer to respond while with Japanese he acted much quicker to their aggression. Roosevelt condemned both acts of aggression.
With Germany Roosevelt waited longer to respond while with Japanese he acted much quicker to their aggression. Roosevelt condemned both acts of aggression.
To halt German aggression.
Appeasement
It encouraged more agression
It encouraged more agression
France and Britain responded to Germany's initial aggression by adopting a policy of appeasement. Neither country wanted to start a war.
Appeasement.
There are a number of synonyms for "cowardly"; in this case, the word "craven" might be most appropriate.
They did nothing until Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Then the US Congress finally allowed FDR to send troops to the European Theater of Operations to help Britain defeat the Nazis. The US troops went to Africa to join the Brits in that effort. The rest is history.
President Roosevelt would have loved to aid Britain by sending over men and equipment to fight in that war. The Congress would never have approved it. When the Japanese attacked the US then the Congress was willing to declare war on Japan and Roosevelt got his wish when Adolf Hitler declared war on the US six days later. The Congress approve fighting in Europe then. Winston Churchill came over to the US to explain the problem in Europe so the Congress would know they were not fighting a vain war as the US had in World War 1.