HIST 2057 Lecture : US And World Crisis Notes
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What was the crisis: three countries: nazi german (hitler), fascist italy (mussalini), japan, for the american government, germany is the greatest threat, hitler comes into power in 33. Placed all kinds of restrictions on german military. Rearmies secrectly until 35 and then comes public with it. 38, hilter invades austria and then: very complicated crisis. How the crisis affected us interests: trade and finance, moral/philosophical/political ties with europe, strategic & military concerns. Fdr more than most, saw these dimensions of the problem. He recognized that nazism represented a full frontal assault of christian values summed up in our bill of rights. He makes this the centerpiece of his wartime rhetoric: german victory of ww2 meant: jewish/african american. If germany were to win, they would be able to release serious military attack across the (very narrow) atlantic ocean into. First thing he did was get on a boat to southern brazil and looked at the.
