Foreign Policy Changes U.S. Inches Towards War Foreign Policy Changes
Lend-Lease Act (March 1941) USA inches towards War Neutrality Acts (1935-37) Lend-Lease Act (March 1941) Atlantic Charter (Aug. 1941)
Atlantic Charter Churchill & Roosevelt sign charter (Aug 1941) Upheld right to free trade & choose your own government
Roosevelt & Churchill German Submarines (U-boats) Atlantic Charter Signing
SEPTEMBER 1941: U.S. were now ordered to shoot German Submarines on sight! German U-BOATS are Submarines
United States Pursued a Policy of Isolationism Controlled Philippine Islands & Guam U.S. feared Japan would take these areas Sent aid to China against Japan Cutoff oil shipments to Japan (July 1941) Critical factor in Japan’s attack on USA
Japan felt vulnerable in Pacific “A dagger pointed at our throat” Yamamoto
United States U.S. had cracked the Japanese secret military code. U.S. knew an attack may come: did not know where or when Poor communication in U.S. military
Primary Source: FDR’s Letter to Japan Franklin Delano Roosevelt President of United States March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945