Lindbergh gave speeches across the country, emphasizing that support for Britain was sentimental and misguided.
When Lend-Lease was proposed by Roosevelt in the winter of 1941, the AFC was strongly opposed. Borah of Idaho) and the anti-semitic Father Edward Coughlin. McCormick of the Chicago Tribune) and the left (the socialist Norman Thomas), along with stolid isolationists (senators Burton Wheeler of Kansas and William A. Lindbergh, who was accompanied by an amazing array that included critics of Roosevelt from the right (Col. Its membership, which grew to around 800,000 by early 1941, was national in character while especially strong in the Midwest. Using tactics like the "bases for destroyers" deal, he attempted to maximize his support for the British while skirting if not actually violating the principle of neutrality. Roosevelt, who had been corresponding with Churchill for years before Churchill was even part of the Tory government, clearly identified American interests with the hope for British victory. This reluctance had inspired Congress to pass neutrality acts in the late 1930`s which restricted the American government`s ability to support either party in the conflict, which in practice meant the Allies since the Axis powers were widely regarded with distaste. At the time, a majority of Americans felt that while the world would be a better place if Britain prevailed over Germany, they were not inclined to declare war and repeat the earlier experience of American soldiers fighting on European soil. The smaller nations had been quickly overrun, France had capitulated, and the Soviet Union was using its nonagression pact with Germany to pursue its own interests in Finland and elsewhere. A year later, the only major military force resisting the Nazis was Britain. Hitler`s invasion of Poland had precipitated war in September 1939. In addition to the student lessons, quizzes and other supplemental learning resources are available.The America First Committee (AFC) was organized in September 1940 to oppose America`s potential intervention in World War II.
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