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The two former rivals promised not to attack one another. Secretly, they planned to invade Poland.
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As war exploded in Europe, it became difficult for the Unites States to maintain it's neutrality. America would have to decide if they were going to get involved.
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German blitzkrieg, or sudden attack, hit Poland from three directions. Germany broke through Poland's defenses and destroyed it's air force.
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Allowed belligerent nations to buy goods and arms in the united Sates.
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Germany's nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union freed Hitler to send his army West. The two countries fell almost immediately.
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The British lost nearly 1000 planes. The Germans lost nearly 1700.
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Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact and became allies.
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Congress passes a Selective Service Act, which is a peacetime draft. Provided military with 1.2 million troops and 800,00 reserve troops each year
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FDR talks about "four freedoms" which are freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
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Authorized Roosevelt to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend, or otherwise dispose of, to any such government any defense article.'
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FDR and Churchill talk about Britain's problems. They signed the Atlantic Charter, a document that endorsed national self-determination and an international system of general security.
