Franklin D. Roosevelt Administrations - Foreign Issues
Foreign Issues
When Roosevelt assumed power in 1933 changes were already underway that would lead to World War II. In 1931 the Japanese, desperate for the raw materials needed to support their rapidly industrializing economy, invaded and occupied Manchuria. Later, in 1937, they commenced their effort to gain control of the entire Chinese mainland. In 1935, Italy, under the leadership of the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, invaded Ethiopia. Mussolini, who had come to power in 1923, harbored delusions of grandeur and hoped to restore the might of the ancient Roman Empire. In Germany Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists (Nazis) came to power in 1933. Hitler promised the German people that he would restore their country to its rightful position of leadership in Europe, which was lost when Germany was defeated in World War I (1914–18). He soon embarked on a policy of expansion. He reoccupied the Rhineland in 1935, occupied...
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