AMERICAN POLICY

American policy

American policy

War in Europe and Asia 1935-1941

The Second World War was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world. In America, the Great Depression (1929 - 1939) meant that many if not most Americans ignored the National Socialist agenda of Adolf Hitler, Germany's leader after 1933. In 1935 Japan unilaterally abrogated a regional arms agreement and began to rearm, and to pursue military adventures in Asia, which still resonate to this day. There was a growing sense that America might not be able to avoid involvement. America was cautious about its involvement in ...