Rearmament Neutrality Act of 1939- European democracies can buy American war materials, but only on...
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Rearmament • Neutrality Act of 1939- European democracies can buy American war materials, but only on a “cash and carry” basis. • September 6, 1940- Congress passes first peacetime conscription law. 1.2 million troops and 800,000 reserves to be trained each year.
Rearmament Neutrality Act of 1939- European democracies can buy American war materials, but only on a “cash and carry” basis. September 6, 1940- Congress
Rearmament Neutrality Act of 1939- European democracies can buy
American war materials, but only on a cash and carry basis.
September 6, 1940- Congress passes first peacetime conscription
law. 1.2 million troops and 800,000 reserves to be trained each
year.
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Helping Britain Destroyer Deal (1940)- Britain receives 50
World War I destroyers in return for eight naval bases. Lend-Lease
(March 1941)- Lending or leasing American arms to European
democracies and they will be returned after the war. Sent about $50
billion worth of material by 1945. Viewed by Hitler as an
unofficial declaration of war.
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Atlantic Charter After Hitler invades the Soviet Union,
Lend-Lease is extended to the Soviets. August 1941- Churchill and
FDR meet off the coast of Newfoundland. Opposed imperialistic
annexations. Self-determination Declared for disarmament and a
peace of security pending a new League of Nations.
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Panay Incident Japanese pilots sink an American gunboat, the
Panay, off the coast of China The government in Tokyo apologized
and paid the United States for the incident, but the relationship
continued to deteriorate as treatment of American civilians in
China worsened
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Japanese-American Relations In July 1941, the Japanese begin to
take French military bases in Indochina. In response, the U.S. cuts
off trade with Japan, including an embargo on OIL. Without oil,
Japan could not fuel its war machine. At this point, from Japans
perspective, war is inevitable.
