Rudolf Heß; Russian Victories; Japans Treachery; etc 1941/12/24

The Editors of Universal Newsreel present dramatic highlights of an epochal year.

1) Help For Democracies - America's answer - ships, tanks, guns and planes for the brave actions fighting aggression. As the Arsenal of Democracy, the U.S. delivers the goods!" - scenes include FDR speaking to Congress
2) The 3rd Term - "Unprecedented third term for President Roosevelt! Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes office at gravest crisis in America's history."
3) Sabotage and Strikes - "Flames of destruction destroy vital American factories and supplies. Strikes too cripple defense production, but the advent of war brings epic settlement."
4) The Flight of Hess - "Rudolph Hess, the mystery man of the year. His flight might have been the act of a desparate man to gain peace!"
5) No Oil For Hitler - "The Middle East theatre of war! Britain's occupation of Syria and Iran forestalls Nazi drive into the rich oil fields.
6) Selassie on Throne Again - "in Ethiopia, Hailie Selassie returns to his throne."
7) US Occupies Iceland - "American troops take over Atlantic outpost to counter Nazi drives towards this hemisphere and to protect shipping lanes."
8) Kearny Torpedoed - "Destroyer Kearny is torpedoed, first U.S. naval victim of the war."
9) Russian Victories - "Germany's invasion of the Soviet backfires! heroic defence by the Russians puts the Nazi invasion in reverse. Good news in 1941!"
10) British Win In Libya - "Britain's second drive into the North African country bodes well for the Allies. Imperial forces spread annihilation of Axis forces."
11) Japan's Treachery - "America is drawn into the world-wide war by Jap infamy and treachery in the Pacific. Dastardly dawn attack on Honolulu unites all Americans in vengeful determination to crush the war-lords of Japan. Get behind your President! Work for Victory! Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps!" ends with Victory for America logo. (complete newsreel)

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• FDR
• Hess
• Hitler
• Nazi
• Ethiopia
• Iceland
• Soviet
• Libya
• Axis
• Japan
• WWII

[terryfl1956]

while the part the united states played in the war was vital, the cost of the war was still being paid by great britain until 2005 when the last payment for the lend lease goods was paid... we also lost 265,000 dead in the war alost identical numbers to the u.s.a. with a population a quarter the size.. don,t underestimate the part the british played...

[54Snickers]

@terryfl1956

Not to mention Britain's major cities being firebombed and later, bombarded with V-1 and V-2 rockets which caused thousands of civilian casualties. The country which really sacrificed though, was the Soviet Union, with roughly 20 million dead. I'm proud of America's role in the victories over Germany and the Empire of Japan, as my father was a combat veteran of WWII, serving as the captain of a PT boat in the South Pacific. The US, though, escaped major damage and carnage.

[ElrondMcBong100]

you guys are fucking stupid, you indicate about who the fuck has more soldiers lost, that so pathetic, you feel cool if your land lost more or what?

[dog123903]

while I have a deep respect for the British, your numbers are off. The Americanns lost 396,000 dead in the war.  But what's the difference, both countries paid big time.

[Buhahahaha]

I think that only propaghanda massage is the one about sabotage and strikes; they said it to prevent any strikes; but all the rest is true including Iraq and Syria, there were pro-germany coups in both countries, and nazis even sent their planes to help fight against allies. And I agree with user jayanata55 "We should always be grateful to the United States". It wasn't USA war, they could still trade oil to Japan and Germany, however, they would have to face much stronger Axis few years later.

[funkmastercr]

Welcome the black in the 20th century!

[ArashRezaee]

HAHA SYRIA?! Syria doesn't even have oil! This is the biggest load of shit I've ever heard. and nice justification for invading Iran kinda reminds of why we invaded Iraq lol amiright?

[Catz007]

What lies! What horrible propaganda! Germany was nowhere near Syria or Iran! Hitler couldn't get to it, even if he wanted to - I'm surprised the newsreel didn't say, "The British hold onto India, preventing the Nazi Panzers to refuel!" Bad lies - instead, poor countries like Iran/Syria were invaded. Well, let's see how Britain deals with the Iran of today!!!

[Martin894893]

I hate Japan!

[yeoldboots]

America was nothing to the war, it was russia that helped save us from the Nazis, ^^

America was just a load of crap as usual :D

[terryfl1956]

Thank you for your comment ... also i forgot to add that the british lost over 65,000 dead in air raids during WW2... this following a war 20 years earlier in which 750,000 british men lost their lives in flanders... if the cost of war is to be meausured in lives no country lost more than the soviet union with 20 million dead...