Transcription: As the war in Europe continued, President Roosevelt and military planners in the United States quietly prepared for conflict in spite of strong opposition to involvement by the majority of United States citizens. A new threat was rising in the Pacific, one which would directly affect U.S. trade and business interests. Tension between the United States and Japan grew as Japan expanded its air and sea power in the Pacific and waged war in China and later in Indochina. The United States began to see Japan as a menace as large as Germany itself.
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