Arsenal of Democracy
Time: Sunday Dec 29, 1940
Place: Washington D.C., U.S.
Details: In December 1940 Roosevelt accused Hitler of planning world conquest and ruled out any negotiations as useless, calling for the United States to become an "arsenal of democracy".
‹ Earlier in historyElizabeth made her first radio broadcast during the BBC at 14 years old1940 Later in history ›the New Fourth Army IncidentJan, 1941
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1940
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