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When it first entered World War II, why did the United States commit seventy percent of its resources to the war in Europe?

a. Stalin assured Roosevelt that the Soviet Union could deal with Japan.
b. Roosevelt felt the other thirty percent were needed to defend the US mainland.
c. Roosevelt did not feel the US needed to engage Japan.
d. Roosevelt and Churchill decided to focus on the greater threat first.

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Answer: d. Roosevelt and Churchill decided to focus on the greater threat first.

The strategy of the Allied forces was to focus on Europe first, and deal with the threat in the Pacific afterwards. The main reason was that two allied capitals (London and Moscow) could be directly treatened by Germany, while Japan could not directly threaten any capitals. The United Kingdom was particularly vulnerable to attacks from Germany, as Germany had alreday overrun most countries in Western Europe. It was also believed that if Germany was defeated, Italy and Japan would be severely weakened. Despite the attack on Pearl Harbour, the United States maintained this "Europe First" policy.

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