Paul V McNutt
Banned
What is the earliest plausible date and circumstances for the US to enter World War II?
What is the earliest plausible date and circumstances for the US to enter World War II?
Like, under any possible circumstances? Because several things that increase American involvement in European Affairs or at least entrench US-Allied relations before the war have the potentiality to eliminate the war as we know it. And would involve lots of knock off butterflies.
I mean to have a real blinders-on situation, one could theoretically see the US in the League of Nations in 1920, followed by a re-affirmation of America's relationship with the Anglo-French in the face of economic discussions with Germany and in condemning the Italian invasion of Ethiopia and in promoting an embargo on Spain during the Civil War. On September 1-7th, 1939 the United States Congress in concert with its allies, declares war on Germany.
That of course would require increased US involvement in European affairs to have zero knock-off effects before an identical rise of Hitler and invasion of Poland.
Of course the same thing is theoretically possible, following a German invasion of Czechoslovakia so October 1-7th 1938 might be the winner too.
How could you get US public opinion to support going to war that early?