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Allie's aided By the U.S.

  • Neutrality Acts

    Neutrality Acts
    From 1935-1937 Congress passed a number of laws that kept the United States from selling any arms to a country at war, as well as lend them money.
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    U.S. Begins it's Involvement

  • FDR Questions Congress

    FDR Questions Congress
    President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks congress to allow the Allies to buy arms from the U.S. in an effort to stop Hitler from winning the war, but the Allies HAD to pay cash for all items purchased.
  • Lend-Lease Act

    Lend-Lease Act
    This act allowed the President to lend or lease arms to another country, if they were vital to the United States.
  • Escorting

    Escorting
    In the summer of 1941 the U.S. Naval Force began escorting British ships that carried arms and supplies, to ensure their safety. But Hitler didn't like that one bit.
  • German U-boats attack

    German U-boats attack
    On this day a German U-Boat Fired on a U.S. Destroyer in the atlantic, So FDR ordered all naval ships to shoot any and all U-boats, On Sight.