The course that Japan has followed for the past ten years in Asia has paralleled the course of Hitler and Mussolini in Europe and in Africa. Today, it has become far more than a parallel. It is actual collaboration so well calculated that all the continents of the world, and all the oceans, are now considered by the Axis strategists as one gigantic battlefield.
In 1931, ten years ago, Japan invaded Manchukuo — without warning.
In 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia — without warning.
In 1938, Hitler occupied Austria — without warning.
In 1939, Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia — without warning.
Later in '39, Hitler invaded Poland — without warning.
In 1940, Hitler invaded Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg — without warning.
In 1940, Italy attacked France and later Greece — without warning.
And this year, in 1941, the Axis Powers attacked Yugoslavia and Greece and they dominated the Balkans — without warning.
In 1941, also, Hitler invaded Russia — without warning.
And now Japan has attacked Malaya and Thailand — and the United States — without warning.
It is all of one pattern.
Prompt: Explain the purpose of this section of the speech- why is this here and what was President Roosevelt trying to communicate to his audience. Why do you think it is structured the way it is? Is this structure effective at getting it's point across? Why/ Why not?
