A-20 Havoc in Action

During ihe 1930s, the fragile peace which had existed following the Hirst World War gradu­ally gave way to armed conflict in many parts of the world. Japan, taking advantage of politi­cal unrest in China, took over Manchuria, then invaded China itself to gain new markets and bases lor future expansion. Italy did the same in tiny Ethiopia, conquering the small back­ward country in a hail of bombs and shells against a brave but futile resistance. Germany, smarting from her defeat and the Versailles Peace Treaty, began, under the rule of Adolph Hitler, to rearm and openly violate the terms of the peace accord. Then in 1936. civil war broke out in Spain, with Italy and Germany providing support for Franco's Nationalists rebels, while the USSR sent aid 10 the Loyalist movement. All three countries used Spain as a testing ground for their new equipment and gained valuable information which proved extremely use­ful in modernizing their armed forces. Unfortunately, the United States chose to ignore these signals in general, feeling that if we did not interfere in these events, the couniry would not become involved. But, a few individu­als in the military and industry' realized that such a view placed the country in jeopardy and began making plans to modernize the U.S. military for what they viewed as our eventual par­ticipation in a world conflict.

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