Time passed like a white colt flashing through a gap, and in the blink of an eye, it was 1936.
The international situation grew increasingly tense. A large-scale war seemed likely to erupt very soon.
Under Roosevelt's leadership, the United States was massively expanding its armaments. Vast numbers of orders from the government and military caused American industry and the economy to flourish once more. The people's lives improved considerably as well, and everything seemed to be getting better, as though the United States had already emerged from the economic crisis.
Of course, this prosperity was still nothing more than false prosperity. Everything rested upon the enormous orders placed by the government and military. The US government had consequently accumulated huge foreign debts. Once the government could no longer bear those debts, that would be the moment of collapse. Other than building a powerful Army and Navy, they seemed to have gained nothing at all.
However, if their forces could achieve victory in war, then none of that would be a problem. As victors, they could carve up the defeated nations as they pleased, seizing vast wealth from them to make up for their own losses. In that case, the United States might still be able to handle all its problems.
But if they not only failed to win the war, but instead suffered defeat, the consequences would likely be extremely grave. At that point, whether the United States could continue to exist would be very hard to say.
Yet neither President Roosevelt nor ordinary Americans paid any heed to such matters. They all firmly believed that they would certainly achieve victory in the coming war. After all, their military was growing ever stronger.
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