The Great Depression in the United States was part of a world wide depression in the developed nations of Europe. The "response" from Europe was to find ways to end the problem.
1917
Germany's return to unrestricted submarine warfare.
Then the US would have been the aggresser. That is NOT our policy.
President Roosevelt would have loved to aid Britain by sending over men and equipment to fight in that war. The Congress would never have approved it. When the Japanese attacked the US then the Congress was willing to declare war on Japan and Roosevelt got his wish when Adolf Hitler declared war on the US six days later. The Congress approve fighting in Europe then. Winston Churchill came over to the US to explain the problem in Europe so the Congress would know they were not fighting a vain war as the US had in World War 1.
the response to the civil war in europe was
The US declared war on Germany on December 11, 1941 in response to Germany's declaration of war on the US earlier that day. In a separate act on the same day, the US declared war on Italy, which had also declared war on the US. Germany and Italy declared war on the US in response to the US declaration of war on their ally Japan on December 8, 1941 in response to the Pearl Harbor attack.
Europe (I know this response is bad).
The Great Depression in the United States was part of a world wide depression in the developed nations of Europe. The "response" from Europe was to find ways to end the problem.
allied by treaty they declared war
bring it on
President Roosevelt would have loved to aid Britain by sending over men and equipment to fight in that war. The Congress would never have approved it. When the Japanese attacked the US then the Congress was willing to declare war on Japan and Roosevelt got his wish when Adolf Hitler declared war on the US six days later. The Congress approve fighting in Europe then. Winston Churchill came over to the US to explain the problem in Europe so the Congress would know they were not fighting a vain war as the US had in World War 1.
the cold war
All out war, minus nukes and invasion of the north.
The US felt Europe should handle Europe's problem.
People in the US felt that Europe was Europe's problem.
The US victory turned the tide of the war in the Pacific to US favor