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War Plan strategy between Churchill and Roosevelt

Name: William Hertz Gender: Male Race: white Religion: protestant Age: 43 Address: 31 Nutley Boulevard, NY 29653

Good day, you just caught me reading my newspaper. You are probably just as surprised as I am about the news, but in case you were hidden under a rock these past few years and the newspaper heading doesn’t make sense I will fill in the blanks. It all started on December 7 1941 at Pearl Harbor (Bowen 1). Everything was quiet that day, until that rumbling. They came out of nowhere, the Japanese air force I mean, and just as soon as it started it was over. Pearl Harbor was in heaps after the raid. Mind you we weren’t prepared. If we had any knowledge about the surprise attack by Japan, they wouldn’t have stood a chance. In my opinion they are all coward, jumping on us with our backs turned. But as it turned out we did not know and after the onslaught at Pearl Harbor our entire pacific fleet lay in ruins. It left us vulnerable to another attack by the Japanese. I was furious because of the attack by Japan and I want to take full measures against them. However President Roosevelt saw things differently. The president found it more important to deal with Germany ("Allied" 1). The chief of naval operations, Admiral Harold R. Stark, warned him that if America did not interfere and support Britain with troops Britain might fall and Germany would dominate the whole of Europe (Bowen 2). Therefore Germany should be the top priority even with the threat of Japan. This idea was supported by Roosevelt and doing this caught the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill attention. However upon arriving in america he found that congress was planning an all out war against Japan. He too supported the “German First” war tactic ("U.S." 1). Churchill came to Washington just before Christmas to discuss the issue (Bowen 2). His purpose in America was to persuade Roosevelt to endorse the “German First” strategy. On December 22, 1941 Churchill was able to persuade Roosevelt to adhere to the “German First” strategy and not to use recourses on Japan ("U.S." 1). Only after the allies gained the upper hand in Europe could Roosevelt focus his attention on Japan. However Roosevelt realized that if word got out about his “German First” war strategy he would loose support for the war because of America’s isolationism and because congress would not tolerate Japan roaming free in the Pacific he kept it a secret. It was right of him to do so because I wouldn’t have supported his reasoning Alex Tubito http://timesonline.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/churchill.jpg http://www.visitingdc.com/images/franklin-roosevelt-picture.jpg

Bowen, James. "Despite Pearl Harbor, America Adopts a "German First" Strategy." 23 Oct. 2007 <[|http://www.users.bigpond.com/pacificwar/GermanyFirst/GermanyFirst.html>.]

“The US Navy Refuses to Adopt a Defensive Posture in the Pacific.” 23 Oct. 2007 <[|http://www.users.bigpond.com/pacificwar/GermanyFirst/US_NavyWarStrategy.html>.]