December 4

Chicago, Illinois • December 4, 1941 Early in July 1941, just 4 months after the U.S. Congress had enacted the Lend-Lease Program that began assisting Great Britain and China in their defense against the aggressor states of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan, Presi­dent Franklin D. Roose­velt requested his Sec­re­taries of War and the Navy…

Chicago, Illinois · December 4, 1941 Early in July 1941, four months after the U.S. Congress had en­acted the Lend-Lease Pro­gram that began assisting Great Brit­ain and China in their defense against the aggressor states of Nazi Ger­many, Fas­cist Italy, and Im­perial Japan, Presi­dent Franklin D. Roose­velt asked his Sec­re­taries of War and the Navy…