Britians and the United States

The colonization of the original 13 colonies of modern day USA influenced the creation of the most technologically advanced, economically fueled, and politically savvy superpowers in history. Not only did England fuel the birth of this nation b

In the fall of 1939, Adolf Hitler with his 3rd Reich and Blitzkrieg tactics once again brought the world into war. Britain, being included in the League of Nations, not to mention being geographically close in proximity to the European continent, as well as being allied with France and Belgium (both of whom were invaded) were unfortunately sucked into the vacuum of conflict that had swept the globe into turmoil. Once again the US felt the need to remain neutral. Though this time, a distinct bias towards England was felt. In essence, the United States involvement alongside England, France, and the Soviet Union was inevitable. Prior to the US’ inception into World War II, a policy known as the Lend Lease Act was invoked in which the US blatantly supported the Allied Powers (UK, France, and the Soviet Union) via materiel and arms sales. With the US naval base in Pearl Harbor being bombed by the Empire of Japan in 1941, the US was once again thrust into global warfare.

The feeling of respite which England held towards the US did not last forever however, as the US would soon rise to a place of glory taking her seat in the annals of history alongside world powers such as England before her, the Roman Empire, the Grecian Empire of old whom the US borrowed her form government.

More recently, in the post September 11, 2001 world the British have stood stolidly beside the United States in the fight against terrorism. The second Gulf War to liberate Iraq form the Hussein regime has seen military action from both mother and daughter (although now grown) nations fighting the same enemy as they did in the 2nd world war for a very similar cause.

The Yalta Conference meeting in February of 1945 is when the “Big Three” (Soviet Premier Josef Stalin, English Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt) met to hopefully put an end to the war. Yalta is located in the Crimea, a peninsula in the Black Sea. The unconditional surrender of Germany was decided upon here as well as the division of Germany into four sectors among the victors. Reparations and the war crimes trials were also discussed at this meeting and partially planned out. The “Big Three” also decided upon asking France and China in the founding of the United Nations that was to occur in San Francisco in April of that same year. Those at the conference also decided to meet recurrently after the conclusion of the war.

The Spanish American war opened the door for the US to rise to power globally and thus be

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