Three Cold Wars:
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The first use of the name "Second World War" is credited to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1942. Until then, it was just "the War," and had gained its size due to a series of Hitler's annexations, wars on France, Poland and the Soviet Union, and the eventual coalition of the Axis forces. While America was a late entrant to WWII (as well as WWI), national leaders knew the country was being drawn into the conflict and took steps to prepare. They knew the scale of the conflict exceeded the capability of our 250,000-man active Arny and in 1940, directed the...
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