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FDR: The object of the Nazis and the Japanese is to separate the United States, Britain, China and Russia, and to isolate…

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The object of the Nazis and the Japanese is to separate the United States, Britain, China and Russia, and to isolate them one from another, so that each will be surrounded and cut off from sources of supplies and reinforcements.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt describes the strategic aims of Axis powers to isolate the Allies during the war.

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