Most americans remain strongly isolation, opposed to U.S. intervention in foregin wars.
German jews were stripped of citzin ship and civil rights
Halinan forces capture the ethiopian capitol of addis ababa.
Franklin re-elected as president
Rosevelt, supporting the chinese risistance to japan, declines to enforce the nuetrility act and does not declare an embargo.
in adefeanant for isolations congress
the selected survice and training act reqiures all men age 21 to 35 to register
The U.S. begins its "Lend-Lease" program to supply Britain and other Allied nations with war materiel on credit. The act formally ends U.S. neutrality, and Hitler orders U-boat attacks on U.S. merchant ships.
The USS Niblack fights off a German submarine while rescuing survivors from a torpedoed Dutch freighter.
The term of service for draftees is extended.
Germans begin U-boat attacks along the east coast of the US.
The reconquest of the northern Philippines begins as U.S. forces invade Luzon and occupy Manila.