Destroyers for Bases

Examples of Destroyers for Bases in the following topics:

• America's Growing Involvement in WWII

  • Prior to the official beginning of World War II in 1941, America's involvement primarily came in the form of supplying Europe with weapons and other tools for war, particularly through the "cash and carry" policy, Destroyers for Bases Agreement and the Lend-Lease Act.
  • The Destroyers for Bases Agreement was an agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom made on September 2, 1940.
  • Navy destroyers.
  • This agreement provided Britain with more ships for its navy, and also meant that the still-neutral U.S. took over defense of Britain's bases.
  • Describe how the "cash and carry" policy, the Destroyers for Bases Agreement, and the Lend-Lease Act all contributed to U.S. involvement in World War II.

• Roosevelt's Second Term

  • Roosevelt used his personal charisma to build support for intervention.
  • In one of his "fireside chats," he said that America should be the "Arsenal of Democracy. " On September 2, 1940, Roosevelt openly defied the Neutrality Acts by passing the Destroyers for Bases Agreement, which, in exchange for military base rights in the British Caribbean Islands, gave 50 WWI American destroyers to Britain.
  • The United States also received free base rights in Bermuda and Newfoundland, allowing British forces to be moved to the sharper end of the war.
  • For foreign policy advice, Roosevelt turned to Harry Hopkins, who became his chief wartime advisor.
  • Until late in 1941, FDR refused Churchill's urgent requests for armed escort of ships bound for Britain, insisting on a more passive patrolling function in the western Atlantic.

• The "Arsenal of Democracy"

  • "Arsenal of Democracy" was a slogan first used FDR in an American public in a radio broadcast and called for support of the Allied forces.
  • "The great arsenal of democracy" came to specifically reference America and its industrial machine as the primary military supplier for the Allied war effort.
  • He argued that Europe did not ask the U.S. to fight for them; instead, Europe was asking for the tools they needed to fight their war, like planes, tanks, and guns.
  • Previous policies such as the Neutrality Acts had already begun to be replaced by intensified assistance to the Allies, including the cash and carry policy in 1939 and the Destroyers for Bases Agreement in September 1940.
  • This video provides pictures of FDR as well as his fireside chat outlining his plan for the US to be the "arsenal of democracy"

• Degrees of Neutrality

  • They did this for two reasons.
  • First, Portugal wanted to continue to maintain its alliance with Great Britain as it had for the last six hundred years (that is, supplying troops in times of need and when invaded by a foreign power).
  • This status, although not recognized by international law, was intended to express the regime's sympathy and material support for the Axis Powers.
  • Spanish volunteers fought for both the Allied and the Axis powers, reflecting the divisions of Spain's own, recent civil war.
  • In September, the United States further agreed to a trade of American destroyers for British bases.

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

  • The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers.
  • The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and one mine layer.
  • Domestic support for non-interventionism, which had been traditionally strong and fading since the fall of France in 1940, disappeared.
  • Clandestine support of Britain (for example the Neutrality Patrol) was replaced by active alliance.
  • The destroyer USS Shaw (DD-373) is burning in the floating dry dock YFD-2 in the left distance.

• The Setbacks in the Atlantic

  • In 1939, the Kriegsmarine lacked the strength to challenge the combined British Royal Navy and French Navy, the Marine Nationale, for command of the sea.
  • Much of the early German anti-shipping activity involved mine laying by destroyers, aircraft, and U-boats off British ports.
  • The Royal Navy formed anti-submarine hunting groups based on aircraft carriers to patrol the shipping lanes in the Western Approaches and hunt for German U-boats.
  • The escorting destroyers promptly forced U-39 to surface and scuttled it, becoming the first U-boat loss of the war.
  • Although the narrow fjords gave U-boats little room for maneuver, the concentration of British warships, troopships, and supply ships provided countless opportunities for the U-boats to attack.

• Sample Persuasive Speech

  • However, most persuasive speeches are based on policies that require the acknowledgement and support of governments, public bodies, organizations, and constituents .
  • Eisenhower delivered the speech entitled "Chance for Peace" on April 16th, 1953.
  • We pay for a single fighter with a half-million bushels of wheat.
  • We pay for a single destroyer with new homes that could have housed more than 8,000 people. . . .
  • President Eisenhower attempted to change prevailing attitudes on the cost of an arms race in his speech "Chance for Peace

• Hindu Sculpture

  • Deities commonly worshiped and portrayed through sculpture include Shiva the Destroyer; Vishnu in his incarnations as Rama and Krishna; Ganesha, the elephant god of prosperity; and different forms of the goddess Shakti (literally meaning "power"), the primordial feminine creative principle.
  • For example, the goddess Sarasvati is always depicted with a minimum of four arms: two of the arms will be playing a vina, representing the tuning of her knowledge; her other two hands often hold prayer beads and a scripture, both of which represent her devotion to her spirituality.
  • Many deities have their name based on the Sanskrit word for lotus, such as Lakshimi.
  • The deity is depicted as having multiple arms, as is common for idols of Hindu gods.

• The Role of Species within Communities

  • There are three main types of species that serve as the basis for a community.
  • Foundation species are considered the "base" or "bedrock" of a community, having the greatest influence on its overall structure.
  • For example, black carp are voracious eaters of native mussels and snails, limiting this food source for native fish species.
  • The photosynthetic algae within the corals provides energy for them so that they can build the reefs.
  • The (f) European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) may compete with native bird species for nest holes.

• History of Epidemiology

  • It is the cornerstone of public health, and informs policy decisions and evidence-based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive medicine.
  • They were considered to be able to spread by air, multiply by themselves and to be destroyable by fire.
  • John Snow is famous for his investigations into the causes of the 19th century cholera epidemics, and is also known as the father of (modern) epidemiology.