Question

When it first entered world war 2 why did the US commit most of its resources to the war in europe

Answer 1

The reason the U.S. sent most of its resources to Europe when it first entered World War 1, was because in December 1940 Winston Churchill warned Theodore Roosevelt that the British could no longer pay for war supplies. The United States lent these supplies and did not expect to receive payment for them until later after the war. It was due to the Europeans being almost bankrupt that the two nations decided to sign the "Lend-Lease" agreement. In this agreement the two nations decided that Britain would give consideration to the United States by jointly acting towards the creation of liberalized International Economic Order after the war instead of paying back dollars for every supply lent during the war.

Answer 2

Undoubtedly, the American contribution to the Second War was important. Although the Soviets lost close to 20 million inhabitants while the Americans had 405,000 dead and 670,000 wounded, it was the American economic and industrial weight that facilitated the defeat of fascism. At the same time the war transformed the United States. It was the war that brought the United States out of the Great Depression; the one that transformed its social structure incorporating millions of women and blacks into industrial work; the one that created the bases of what Eisenhower called the industrial military complex; and the one that turned this country into a world power. The war also had effects on its citizens. Millions of Americans saw the world for the first time and felt they were "liberators." In the war, the United States not only developed its economic, military and nuclear power, but also accumulated a symbolic and strategic power after proclaiming itself as a defender of democracy and freedom.