Washington, D.C. • September 8, 1940 On this date in 1940 the 7-member British Technical and Scientific Mission to the United States, or Tizard Mission as it was informally known, assembled in the nation’s capital. Sir Henry Tizard, brilliant visionary scientist and head delegate, had been in Washington, D.C., since August 22, meeting with notables, including…
Washington, D.C. • September 8, 1939 On this date in 1939, 8 days after Nazi Germany invaded neighboring Poland and triggered World War II in Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a state of “limited national emergency.” The proclamation directed measures “for the purpose of strengthening our [U.S.] national defense within the limits of peacetime authorizations.”…
Washington, D.C. · September 8, 1939 On this date in 1939, eight days after Nazi Germany invaded neighboring Poland and triggered World War II in Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared a state of “limited national emergency.” The underfunded and undermanned U.S. military forces were strengthened, and the next year Congress provided major military budget increases, which…