 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Mutungamiri Roosevelt akaedza kudzivisa kudzokorora zvaakaona sezvikanganiso zvaWoodrow Wilson muHondo Yenyika I. Wilson akakurudzira kusava nedivi ravanotsigira mupfungwa nezviito, nepo Roosevelt akajekesa kuti hurumende yake yaifarira zvikuru Britain neChina. Kusiyana nezvikwereti zveHondo Yenyika I, United States yakapa rubatsiro rwakakura rwemauto nehupfumi kune maAllies kuburikidza neLend-Lease, pasina tarisiro shoma yekubhadhara. Wilson haana kuwedzera zvikuru kugadzirwa kwehondo hondo isati yaziviswa; Roosevelt akadaro. Pashure pokunge Japan yarwisa Pearl Harbor, Guam, Wake Island, Philippines, Malaya, Singapore, uye Hong Kongmusi waDecember 7, 1941 Congress yakazivisa hondo kuJapan zuva rakatevera racho, December 8, 1941. Roosevelt aiwanzodudza basa rake muhurumende yaWilson, asi akawedzera kuti akanga abatsirwa zvikuru nezvikanganiso zvaWilson kupfuura kubudirira kwake. 