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Atlantic Charter Fact 1:
The Lend-Lease Act was
passed on March 11, 1941 removing the cash requirement
of the
Neutrality Acts
allowing the British continued access to American arms,
munitions and supplies despite their rapidly
deteriorating financial situation as a result of the
British war effort.
Atlantic Charter Fact
2: The British had declared war
on Germany on September 3, 1939 following the invasion of Poland and
the British Battle of the Atlantic was in full swing.
Atlantic Charter Fact
3: The US
was still technically neutral so FDR was unable to order
the US Navy to protect the British cargo ships. He
therefore declared the western half of the Atlantic as
neutral and ordered the US Navy to patrol what he called
the 'Hemispheric Defense Zone' and then report the
location of German U-Boat submarines to the British.
Atlantic Charter Fact
4:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill met face to face in great secrecy between
August 9-12, 1941 on board the U.S. cruiser USS Augusta and the
British cruiser HMS Prince of Wales anchored near Newfoundland.
Atlantic Charter Fact
5: The series of meetings were
referred to as the Atlantic Conference when the two great leaders,
and their staff, discussed the general strategy of the war that was
being fought against the Axis Powers of Germany, Italy and Japan and
their ideas for world peace in the future.
Atlantic Charter Fact 6:
The result of the meetings was the
text of the Atlantic Charter.
Atlantic
Charter Fact 7:
The Atlantic Charter was a joint proclamation issued by
President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill on August 14, 1941 detailing the common
principles of the national policies of Britain and the
US and their hopes for a better future for the world.
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Atlantic
Charter Fact 8: The Atlantic
Charter was not an official document, but rather a joint
statement expressing the war aims of the two countries -
one technically neutral and the other at war.
Atlantic Charter Fact
9: The agreed aim of
the two countries was to "ensure life, liberty,
independence and religious freedom and to preserve the
rights of man and justice."
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10: The two leaders
discussed the dangers to democracy arising from the
aggressive and expansionist policies of the
Totalitarian governments
through military domination by conquest and the rise of
Fascism and
Nazism.
Atlantic Charter Fact 11:
The Atlantic Charter committed
FDR and Churchill to the principles of democracy and asserted their
intentions not to increase the power, wealth and prestige of their
respective countries.
Atlantic Charter Fact 12:
They agreed to non aggression
and to oppose expansionism by conquest from those who sought
territorial changes and power over oppressed people
Atlantic Charter Fact 13:
FDR and Churchill agreed to a
post war world of democracy and to respect the right of all people
to choose the form of government in their country
Atlantic Charter Fact 14:
They agreed to the principles
of free international trade with access to the raw materials needed
for economic advancement with improved labor standards and social
security.
Atlantic Charter Fact 15:
FDR and Churchill agreed to
the destruction of the Nazi tyranny and a world in which people
could live in freedom from fear
Atlantic Charter Fact 16:
They asserted their belief in
the freedom of the seas and to adopt the policies of disarmament of
nations who threatened other countries.
Atlantic Charter Fact 17:
The joint declaration was
issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston
Churchill on August 14, 1941 and is often cited by historians as one
of the first significant steps towards the formation of the United
Nations.
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Events
that followed the Atlantic
Conference
On 4 September,
1941, less than 3 weeks after the Atlantic
Conference and three months before the United States
officially entered World War II, the USS Greer
became the first US Navy ship to be fired on by a
German U-Boat. On October 31, 1941 the U.S.S. Reuben
James was the first United States warship to be sunk
during World War II and resulted in the loss of 115
of 160 American crewmen. The incidents in the
Atlantic moved America nearer to outright
involvement in the European war. Refer to the
USS Greer,
Kearny and Reuben James and the
Timeline of
Events leading up to WW2.
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