Name: 美國曆史概述3--二戰至越南 (US History Overview 3 - WWII to Vietnam)
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because I forgot to mention a very important fact that's

hugely important to the rest of US history

And that's what happened in 1917, actually during World War

The Russian empire was overthrown by the Bolsheviks.

And it became the Soviet Union, which you probably know

was a communist state, and it became the United States

not over the rest of-- but near the, I guess,

want to make sure you know that Russia is now the Soviet Union.

Let's fast forward back through the Great Depression,

doing this very high-level overview that's of interest.

And as you can see, even though the focus of this series

is starting to become much more important, because the US is

starting to become this really serious global actor.

And so in 1933-- so this is right in the middle

of this global depression, and Germany was especially

hit hard because of all the damage done by World War

I and the war reparations and all the rest.

You have Hitler coming to power as chancellor of Germany.

And it's interesting to note that it was actually--

he came to power in a democratic process.

Chancellor of Germany is analogous to prime minister

of other countries, and so essentially he

The Nazis, his party, did not have the majority.

But they were able to control this coalition.

But what they were good at is intimidating and rigging

And so over the course of the rest of the '30s,

And the rest of the world would kind of watch Hitler.

He came in democratically, but he was essentially

People started to get concerned, but they all

Hey, you know, let's just not make him too angry

and maybe he won't start anything too bad.

And this is kind of viewed as the one event

that kind of-- the straw that breaks the camel's

So this is the beginning of World War II.

if you think about the great powers that initially get

involved, it is the British Empire and the Soviet Union.

wasn't like the situation with World War I

The US had recognized, especially FDR, Franklin Delano

Roosevelt, he had recognized that Hitler was an aggressor,

that he was, from FDR's point of view, definitely in the wrong

So even from the beginning of World War II,

So it would send arms and any other type of assistance.

When Japan and Italy joined on the side of Germany,

produce a lot of its own oil, and oil is super important

So you fast forward to 1941, and you have Japan bombing Pearl

So until this point, US kind of played a non-direct role.

and by providing military aid, but it did not actively

bombed the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor.

because, or discussion, it was lucky for the US

that a lot of the Pacific fleet was not there.

But it was obviously this thing that convinced the US public

So in 1941, because of Pearl Harbor, the US enters the war.