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belligerent countries would have to pay for nonmilitary supplies in cash and bring the supplies back on their own ship.
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Britain had purchased US small arms, but needed cash transactions. The FDR administration came up with the straight trade concept.
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Congress passed the first peacetime draft in US history. The lawmakers acted soon after the German and soviet invasion of Poland prompted Britain and France to the declare war against Nazi Germany.
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Tripartite Act was a pact signed between Germany, Italy, and Japan which established the Axis powers of WWII.
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so the president could ship weapons, food, or equipment, to any country whose struggle against the axis assisted US defense.
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agreement between the US and Great Britain that established the vision of FDR and Winston Churchill for the post World War II world.
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naval aviation forces of the Empire of Japan attacked the US Pacific Fleet center at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and other military targets.
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General Marshall advises MacArthur that the president had directed him to leave Fort Mills and proceed to Mindanao.
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the battle of Midway, fought near the Central Pacific island of Midway, considered the Decisive Battle of the war in the Pacific.
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at Dawn, 10,000 US soldiers landed in Guadalcanal.
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withdrew from the League of Nations Assembly after they adopted a report blaming Japan for the events in Manchuria.
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when allied armada of 2,590 vessels launched one of the largest combined operations of WWII.
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term used for the day of actual landing, which was dependent on final arrival.
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beat Thomas Dewey for president, only president to be reelected for his 4th term.
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wartime meeting of the heads of government of the US, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Europe’s post war reorganization.
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after four terms in office FDR passes away leaving Vice President Harry S. Truman in charge.
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Great Britain and the US celebrate victory in Europe day.
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when a B29 bomber dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima.
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second bomb US dropped on Japan.
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celebration of surrender of Japan and the end of WWII.
