Associated Press Wire Services. London England July 10 1940.
This evening the German Luftwaffe began unrestrained bombing of
civilian disticts in London. Citizens flooded the subway stations
to wait out the raid. Sirens wailed as anti aircraft guns awakened
to the defense of the realm. Squadrons of RAF fighters were at once
dispatched from undisclosed locations on the Isle.
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By dawn the German bombers had devastated several London
districts including Knights Bridge, Hyde Park and Chelsea. Winston
Churchill has inaugurated the Battle of Britain and morale is high.
The people are eager to dig in and face the worst that Germany has
to offer. As Hitlers storm troopers have overrun every corner of
the Continent, England alone stands as a bulwark against Nazi
aggression in Europe. Our hearts and thoughts go out to these brave
cousins across the sea.
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By dawn the German bombers had devastated several London
districts including Knights Bridge, Hyde Park and Chelsea. Winston
Churchill has inaugurated the Battle of Britain and morale is high.
The people are eager to dig in and face the worst that Germany has
to offer. As Hitlers storm troopers have overrun every corner of
the Continent, England alone stands as a bulwark against Nazi
aggression in Europe. Our hearts and thoughts go out to these brave
cousins across the sea.
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The Battle for Britain
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VERSUS
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Imagine that you are a member of Congress. You have been a
strong supporter of U.S. isolationism up to now. It is now June
1940, and France has fallen to the Nazis. President Roosevelt is
interested in gauging congressional support for taking steps to
help Britain, the last country standing in Hitlers way. Using your
phones, you will vote on whether you believe the U.S. should change
course and help Britain, or remain neutral and isolated.
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Do Nothing: England falls, U.S. invaded
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Declare War: Isolationist Americans are not ready to support
war. Civil unrest breaks out following the declaration of war
against Germany, allowing demagogue Huey Long to seize power and
establish a dictatorship in the United States.
http://orpheus-1.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm
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Provide material support: Lend-Lease Act
http://orpheus-1.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm
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After the Fall of France in 1940, with England standing alone
against Germany in Europe, Hitler began a daily bombing blitz of
England.
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Desperate for supplies to protect England, British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill implored Roosevelt for assistance to
fight off Germanys expected invasion. Winston Churchill
http://www.rainbowkids.de/projekte_und_infos/schuelerseite/Referate/NGemmerich/winston_churchill.htm
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By the end of 1940, President Franklin Roosevelt had no doubt
that the U.S. needed to throw its support behind England.
http://www.clockworkquiz.be/online/page.cfm?cat=5ionorder=0
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Even though sympathies were starting to sway, their was still a
strong isolationist sentiment in the United States.
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Congress had passed the Neutrality Acts to keep America neutral
during the WWII conflict.
http://orpheus-1.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm
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Roosevelt had to find a way to provide supplies to Churchill
and still skirt the objections of isolationists.
http://www.classbrain.com/artteenst/publish/article_83.shtml
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Roosevelt came up with the Lend-Lease Program. In exchange for
the lease of some British islands in the Caribbean Sea, the U.S.
provided England with ships and munitions.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=769
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Technically skirting the Neutrality laws, Congress passed the
Lend-Lease Act in March 1941 after a bitter debate.
http://orpheus-1.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm
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Roosevelt had found a way to assist the English people. The
Lend-Lease Act provided crucial military supplies for Great
Britains fight against Nazi Germany.
http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc?dod-date=311
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