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Willkie Calls for End to American Isolationism

Soon after his electoral defeat in 1940, Republican Wendell Willkie embarked on a new campaign to awaken America from its isolationist slumber. In a speech on July 23, 1941, he urges unlimited aid to Britain in its struggle against Nazi Germany.

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