Clients of Ultra: American Captains

Abstract

The United States was a late entrant into World War II, 27 months after Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. The coming of war in Europe had only slight effect on the American defense posture, including, of course, the area of intelligence. it was not anti-war sentiment alone that operated against involvement but an optimistic estimate of the resources of the belligerents. This engendered such confidence in Allied victory that few could perceive either a moral obligation or a compelling national interest favoring American intervention. The disaster in France of May-June 1940 produced a shock that made eventual involvement conceivable. Closely in line with this was rapidly worsening state of relations with Japan. Accordingly, vastly expanded ground, naval, and air programs were launched nearly a year after war had begun to inundate Europe and continued to grow during the following 18 months.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA521463

Entities

People

  • Harold C. Deutsch

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

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  • Abstracts
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  • Contracts
  • Disasters
  • Information Operations
  • Instructions
  • International Organizations
  • Intervention
  • Monitoring
  • Second World War
  • Security
  • United States
  • War
  • War Colleges

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  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.