Franklin Delano RooseveltJanuary 1939
Requests Congress to amend the Neutrality Act to sell arms
United States of America · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Requests Congress to amend the Neutrality Act to sell arms
Signs an amendment to the Neutrality Act
US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill sign the Atlantic Charter in Argentia Bay (Newfoundland), the charter establishes common wartime principals and emphasised the strength of Anglo-American alliance despite US neutrality
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