(December 14, 2018 at 10:53 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: So in practice Europe first was more in spirit than in substance. Europe first didn’t suit the navy’s agenda and during the shooting war with Germany and japan, the Navy won the resource war with the army.
Nope. FDR and WSC were in tune on the Germany First policy. The fiscal issues you cite were caused by the necessity to have a boat under our sailors in the Pacific.