Common knowledge? No that chapter was glossed over. One funny is story is how the US put a trade embargo on Japan (leading to them launching Pearl Harbour atta

Common knowledge? No that chapter was glossed over. One funny is story is how the US put a trade embargo on Japan (leading to them launching Pearl Harbour attack) while at the same time allowing US companies trade oil and other resources with the Reich. The Nazi blitzkrieg ran on US oil... Greatest generation indeed.