title: Moving Astride the World: The Second World War, 1939–1945
abstract: The Second World War made the US a superpower. As the international situation deteriorated, Roosevelt began supporting the Allies via Lend-Lease and rearming the US, particularly via navy bills, and made the US the "arsenal of democracy." Hitler's Nazi Germany, Mussolini's Italy, and Tojo's Japan formed the Tripartite Axis alliance. Roosevelt and Britain's Winston Churchill agreed they would seek the defeat of the Axis, pursuing a "Germany First" offensive strategy while fighting defensively in 
journal: Cambridge University Press eBooks