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FDR: It was plain then that the defeat of either enemy would require the massing of overwhelming forces--ground, sea, and…

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It was plain then that the defeat of either enemy would require the massing of overwhelming forces--ground, sea, and air--in positions from which we and our allies could strike directly against the enemy homelands and destroy the Nazi and Japanese war machines.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt outlines the necessity of overwhelming forces to defeat both Germany and Japan during the war.

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