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France and Britain Seek U S Aid in War Crisis
In a global crisis analysis, Franklin D Roosevelt shifts from isolation to urging proactive U S backing for European allies. Kennedy and Bullitt court Britain and France with pledges of support, while Mussolini, Hitler, and Japan’s actions escalate tensions. Roosevelt signals liberal congressional aims as party lines blur.
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France
Britain
U. S
Joseph W. LaBine
America
State Department
Chicago
Franklin Roosevelt
Franklin’ Roosevelt
Kingston
Ont
Canada
Adolf Hitler
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
William C. Bullitt
Europe
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Bullitt
United States
Germany
London
Kennedy
Neville Chamberlain
London Evening News
Joe Kennedy
England
Aberdeen
Scotland
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Berchtesgaden
der Fuehrer
Alpine
Konrad Henlein
Wushrer‘Henlein
Fuehrer Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Berlin
Nevile Henderson
Rhine
Paris
Immedi
Ambassador Henderson
Henderson
Prague
Viscount Runciman
Sudetens
Sudeten
Nuremberg
Japan
South Carolina
Ellison D
Cotton
Smith
California
William Gibbs McAdoo
Maryland
Georgia
Congress
Roosevelt
John D. M. Hamilton
Illnois
James Hamilton Lewis
Sheridan Downey
Denton
Millard E. Tydings
Ham’ Lewis
Democratic Party