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Japan attacked without a declaration of war. Its planes rained terror on Chinese cities. The Japanese had killed three American sailors when they sank the gunboat on the Chang River.
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FDR said the solution for stopping aggression involved in forming an alliance of peace-loving nations. Many people criticized the speech but it did alert some Americans to the threat Japan posed to the U.S.
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A cash-and-carry provision that allowed belligerent nations to buy goods and arms in the U.S. if they payed cash and carried the merchandise on their own ships.
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Germany signed the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact. The two rivals publicly promised not to attack one another, But secretly they agreed to invade and divide Poland.
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A German Blitzkreig hit Poland from three directions. It was a new style of warfare that used speed and firepower to get deep into the enemies territory. France and Britain declare war on Germany.
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Germanys tanks roll through the Ardennes, they raced North toward the English channel. Their plan was to attack France and Britain in the front and rear and trapping them against the channel.
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Shortly after the fall of France in September, Germany, Italy, and Japan sign the act which they agree on becoming allies
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The two countries fell almost immediately after this attack. Then Hitler sent his blitzkreig forces to the Netherlands and Belgium. The small nations fell like dominoes.
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The act authorized Roosevelt to "sell, tansfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or dispose of to any such government any defense article" whenever he thought it was necessary.
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He spoke about "four freedoms" - freedom of speech, worship, want, and fear. That they were threatened by Nazi and Japanese militarism.
