As the decade opened, Americans watched uneasily as the war in Europe and the Pacific rim escalated. The Axis countries of Germany, Italy, and Japan seemed to be gaining strength, and many feared that America's allies were being overwhelmed. Yet in 1940, with the war taking place on two fronts, the United States was still ambivalent about entering the hostilities. Henry Ford, the inventor of the automobile, joined with other concerned Americans to form the America First committee in an effort to discourage President Franklin D. Roosevelt from entering the war. It was not until the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 7 December 1941 that Americans rallied to defend "freedom, liberty, and democracy" at home and abroad.
In fashion and design clothing, architecture, furniture, interior design, and automobiles the war affected not only the production of goods but their style.....
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