In order to make sense of this Pearl
Harbor posting, I urge you to scroll
down to my daily 'Blog Archives' and
click on the December 3 posting.
To make sense of many of my other
postings, scroll down to the same
place and start by clicking on my
first posting, in September, 2007.
Today I am going to talk about some
of the events leading up to Pearl
Harbor. None of the events which
took place on Pearl Harbor day,
December 7th, 1941 and the following
days without knowing what led up
to those days.
On September 1, 1939 Hitler's troops
marched into Poland. Two days later
Great Britain declared war on Germany.
Poland was conquered within a few
weeks. In the spring of 1940 German
troops attacked Denmark and Norway, followed by the invasion of Holland, Belgium, and France. Within a few
weeks all these countries were defeated
and occupied by German forces.
Hitler then directed his attention on
defeating Great Britain, starting with
an all out bombing effort, first against
her shipping and air fields, then switching
to civilian targets.
In the fall of 1940, Germany, Italian
and Japan signed an agreement in which
each agreed if any one of the three were
attacked or war declared against them
by any country, the other two would declare war against that country.
In the spring of 1941 Italy and Germany
attacked and conquered Greece. British
forces were being soundly defeated in
North Africa by the German and Italian
military forces.
Then, in June, Germany attacked the
Soviet Union and scored one great victory
after anther against this new foe. By
late summer it appeared the Soviet Union
would not last into the winter.
By the spring of 1941 the situation looked
very bad for Great Britain. Winston
Churchill, British prime minister since the
preceding summer, knew Great Britain
didn't stand much of a chance for survival
without the help of the United States. He
began badgering President Roosevelt to
declare war on Germany. At that time the
United States was ill prepared for getting
directly involved in a war. In addition to
having a poorly trained, poorly equipped
army and air corp, and an inadequate the population of the United States was dead
set against our getting invloved in a
European war. Polls continually showed an 80 t0 85 per cent opposition to our getting into the war.
President Roosevelt knew, if he pressured
Congress to declare war against Germany,
he probably would not survive his current
term of presidency. What was he to do?
He was well aware if he left Churchill, and
Great Britain, to fight Germany and Italy
by themselves, they would soon be defeated.
This would leave Germany free to march into
the middle east oil countries, on down into
Africa and would be able to conquer the entire
continent in very little time.
Also they would be free to turn east from the
middle east and conquer India, and then link
up with Japanese forces in the south Pacific.
Harbor posting, I urge you to scroll
down to my daily 'Blog Archives' and
click on the December 3 posting.
To make sense of many of my other
postings, scroll down to the same
place and start by clicking on my
first posting, in September, 2007.
Today I am going to talk about some
of the events leading up to Pearl
Harbor. None of the events which
took place on Pearl Harbor day,
December 7th, 1941 and the following
days without knowing what led up
to those days.
On September 1, 1939 Hitler's troops
marched into Poland. Two days later
Great Britain declared war on Germany.
Poland was conquered within a few
weeks. In the spring of 1940 German
troops attacked Denmark and Norway, followed by the invasion of Holland, Belgium, and France. Within a few
weeks all these countries were defeated
and occupied by German forces.
Hitler then directed his attention on
defeating Great Britain, starting with
an all out bombing effort, first against
her shipping and air fields, then switching
to civilian targets.
In the fall of 1940, Germany, Italian
and Japan signed an agreement in which
each agreed if any one of the three were
attacked or war declared against them
by any country, the other two would declare war against that country.
In the spring of 1941 Italy and Germany
attacked and conquered Greece. British
forces were being soundly defeated in
North Africa by the German and Italian
military forces.
Then, in June, Germany attacked the
Soviet Union and scored one great victory
after anther against this new foe. By
late summer it appeared the Soviet Union
would not last into the winter.
By the spring of 1941 the situation looked
very bad for Great Britain. Winston
Churchill, British prime minister since the
preceding summer, knew Great Britain
didn't stand much of a chance for survival
without the help of the United States. He
began badgering President Roosevelt to
declare war on Germany. At that time the
United States was ill prepared for getting
directly involved in a war. In addition to
having a poorly trained, poorly equipped
army and air corp, and an inadequate the population of the United States was dead
set against our getting invloved in a
European war. Polls continually showed an 80 t0 85 per cent opposition to our getting into the war.
President Roosevelt knew, if he pressured
Congress to declare war against Germany,
he probably would not survive his current
term of presidency. What was he to do?
He was well aware if he left Churchill, and
Great Britain, to fight Germany and Italy
by themselves, they would soon be defeated.
This would leave Germany free to march into
the middle east oil countries, on down into
Africa and would be able to conquer the entire
continent in very little time.
Also they would be free to turn east from the
middle east and conquer India, and then link
up with Japanese forces in the south Pacific.
The defeat of Australia and New Zealand
would soon follow.
Once Africa was under Germany's control, they
would more than likely move across the Atlantic
and conquer those countries of South America
Once Africa was under Germany's control, they
would more than likely move across the Atlantic
and conquer those countries of South America
which were not Axis supporters.
From there it would be a simple matter to move
north and attack first, Central America and then
United States and Canada. With the resources
of most of the world behind them, it was most
likely the axis forces, Germany, Italy and Japan,
would have very little trouble defeating both
the United States and Canadaand would then
control the entire world. This was not a far
fetched idea. President Roosevelt and his
advisors were well aware it could quite
easily happen.
With this type of reasoning, it was not hard for
President Roosevelt, and his advisors, to
conclude the only way out of this delima was
to get Germany to declare war again the United
States. How to do this? In tomorrow's posting
I will explore the options available to the
President.
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With this type of reasoning, it was not hard for
President Roosevelt, and his advisors, to
conclude the only way out of this delima was
to get Germany to declare war again the United
States. How to do this? In tomorrow's posting
I will explore the options available to the
President.
************************************
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Opportunities is called
ProfitMatic.
This is a set of very powerful Marketing Tools
and a unique "Revenue Share Program"
Turnkey business opportunity. PROFITMATIC
has created a 'Learning Zone' with a Video
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