Hammond's War Map Of Europe - 1939

Beginning in 1935, Congress passed a series of Neutrality Acts. Each Act had their differences, but they were all designed to help the U.S. stay out of war by preventing the businesses from getting U.S. citizens in the line of fire. U.S. businesses were not allowed to sell to any nation at war because doing that might show favoritism. The Neutrality Act of 1937 had allowed a cash and carry policy but only because it limited the amount of arms a nation could buy and ensured that U.S. citizens would not be in danger as they shipped them. The last one came in 1939. The Neutrality Act of 1939 was the U.S.'s last attempt to keep the country neutral during World War II.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutr...of_the_1930s

Majority sentiment in the U.S. (at least until Dec.7th, 1941)


The Japanese attack on the US naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, led President Franklin Roosevelt to declare war on Japan. A few days later, Nazi Germany declared war on the United States, and America entered World War II against the Axis powers.

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C.C. (Christopher Columbus) Berryman was my uncle's brother. (Really his name ) Also,Grandmother named Virginia, Grandfather named Alaska!


Map provided by the newspaper so you could follow at home.

Typical page of the newspapers daily update. (Could not fit the whole page on the scanner)

If you look in the center of the page, you will see "germans take 50,000 prisoners". This is the aftermath through the war:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_...olish_nation