The WWII Home Front - Arsenal of Democracy | 1
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The Uncertainty of the War
After Pearl Harbor many Americans went back to their daily routines with the overwhelming sense that life had forever changed President Roosevelt led the nation through this time of uncertainty Assuring Americans that while the road to victory would not be easy. On January 5th 1942 one month after Pearl Harbor Roosevelt told Congress that powerful enemies must be out fought and out produced a few more planes tanks and guns wouldn't be enough. The same day Roosevelt addressed Congress Newdson gathered together leading automakers in Detroit and read from a five billion dollar list of needs from the war department.
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