Why We Fight: Prelude to War

00:17:04 Thousands of other men of God, Protestant, Catholic, Jewish

00:18:13 Yes take children from the faith of their fathers, and teach them that the state is the only church.

00:23:14 "Mr. President, I have the honour of handing you the London NavalTreaty."

00:24:31 In the event of war in Europe, I think we should stay out of it entirely

00:25:34 We organized the C.C.C. to provide our young men with healthy and useful employment.

00:26:47 And although he heard of books being burned in other countries

00:30:05 They were out for world conquest.

00:31:32 It was inevitable that these countries should gang up on us.

00:32:52 In order to conquer the world, we must first conquer China.

00:33:50 Then a drive to the east, through the rich oil lands of lran and lraq and into lndia.

00:34:57 Yes the conquering Jap army down Pennsylvania Avenue.

00:35:38 If you shriek it loud enough and often enough, they'll believe you.

00:37:06 But out of this supposed lack, they built up the greatest war machines...

00:38:13 When war came, the democracies proved to be the "have-nots."

00:39:41 Japan's honour had violated.

00:40:37 In Washington, Henry L. Simson, then Secretary of State.

00:41:46 ..to guarantee peace in the Far East.

00:42:51 Yet the subsequent course of history makes it clear that...

00:45:48 What helpless people were they planning to bomb

00:46:52 ..an incident was provoked at the little settlement of Wal Wal near the border of Ethiopia...

00:47:53 Native leaders came to pledge their allegiance.

00:49:30 We didn't realize that when the time was months to span these oceans, was ended.

00:50:26 For this is what we are fighting. Freedom's oldest enemy.

00:51:38 "Victory of the democracies can only be complete with the utter defeat of the...