Armament
Provides for a shipbuilding program for entry into the 2nd World War
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Biography and Timeline — Page 4
Follow Franklin Delano Roosevelt through 314 dated historical records for United States of America.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
314Distinct records
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1940
Alliance United States and Great Britain
Will supply Britain with 50 WW1 destroyers for the lease of Caribbean naval bases
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Armament
Congress authorizes the President to call the National guard & other reserves for 1 yr
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Conscription
Congress authorizes the President to call the National guard & other reserves for 1 yr
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Legislation
Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain in return for 99 yr naval base leases
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Lend-Lease
Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain in return for 99 yr nave base leases
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Alliance United States and Great Britain
Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain in return for 99 yr naval base leases
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Armament
Congress agrees to lend 50 destroyers to Britain for 99 yr leases on naval bases
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Legislation
Burke-Wadsworth Bill, passed to provide for limited conscription
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Mobilization
Burke-Wadsworth Bill, passed to provide for limited conscription
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Conscription
Burke-Wadsworth Bill, passed to provide for limited conscription
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Election
Elected for a 3rd term, 27 million votes to Wilkies 22 million votes
Role range: 1933-1945 – 1933-1945
Aid to Britain
Makes a speech pledging more aid to Britain & declares the Axis will not win the war
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Alliance Axis
The Defence Commission announces approval for arms contracts worth œ2.5 million. Makes a speech pledging more aid to Britain & declares the Axis will not win the war. It is announced that the "loan or lease" plan will be extended to Greece & China
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Defence Commission
The Defence Commission announces approval for arms contracts worth œ2.5 million
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
1941
Lend-Lease Act
The Act authorises material assistance to countries considered vital to American defence.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Alliance Lend Lease Act provides for the US to lend Britain and her Allies war materials
The Lend Lease Act provides for the US to lend Britain & her Allies war materials. SAends the Lend-Lease Bill to Congress
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Free French
Approves the British support of the Free French in capturing Madagascar
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Operation Ironclad
Approves the British support of the Free French in capturing Madagascar
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Economy of USA
Roosevelt declares a state of emergency, the Government assumes wide-ranging control of the economy & pledges to resist German aggression
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
State of Emergency
Roosevelt declares a state of emergency, the Government assumes wide-ranging control of the economy & pledges to resist German aggression
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Begins the Atlantic Conference while the United States remains formally neutral.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Meets Churchill in Newfoundland to discuss war aims and the postwar order.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Attends a joint Sunday service aboard HMS Prince of Wales.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
The service visibly demonstrates growing Anglo-American solidarity.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Links postwar security with social welfare and economic advancement.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Places rejection of territorial expansion among the charter's common principles.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Places unhindered maritime movement within the charter's international vision.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Promotes political self-determination within the charter's postwar vision.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Supports an eight-point framework for wartime aims and postwar peace.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Supports establishment of a wider permanent system of general security.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Supports freedom of the seas as a central postwar principle.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Supports international economic cooperation and improved labour standards.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Supports restoration of sovereign rights and self-government after Axis occupation.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Supports the principle that neither country seeks territorial aggrandizement.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
The principle anticipates later work toward the United Nations.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Works with Churchill on a statement of common international principles.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Concludes the Atlantic Conference after four days of meetings.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Leaves Newfoundland with agreement on common principles and strategic cooperation.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Atlantic Charter
Issues the joint declaration later known as the Atlantic Charter.
Role range: 1939-1945 – 1933-1945
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.