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  20. The Royal Navy also had a two years headstart unfortunately. In 1939 and 1940 there was no great support in the US to get involved in Europes "problems". Remember Lend Lease only got through Congress by one vote. Now as to whether or not the US Navy and its officers corps could over come it's own inate prejudices and actually learn from others at the time is another question. The graduates of Canoe U (Annapolis) are Naval officers serving the interests of the United States. They are not supposed to be serving the interests of their own career advancement or personal egos. The same can be said of any service academy worldwide. Besides what really set the table for victory in Western Europe and the Pacific in my opinion was the Two Ocean Navy appropriations bill. While FDR sometimes gets accused of intentionally dragging the US into WWII I personally don't buy it. The US was not going to go out of it's way to provoke either Japane or Nazi Germany into war*. But once the US was officially engaged it was all in. *One could say certain as actions did provoke Japan into war. The embargoes on steel and oil certainly were a push in that direction. And with Germany Lend Lease and fighting an undeclared war against the Kreigsmarine were two factors. One thing I think might have provoked a US declaration of war with Germany is if (an admittedly big if) during Rhein Maiden KMS Bismarck had encounted USS Texas while she was on patrol in the Western Atlantic. At one time iirc they were about 200 miles from each other. The Texas would have been sunk in all likelihood. And her escorts probably badly mishandled. The would have in all likelihood caused the US to declare war on Germany. A destroyer getting sunk with major loss of life (Rueben James) is one thing. A major asset like a battleship is another.
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