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| spread isolationist sentiment Roosevelt said in 1939 that that France and Britain were America's "first line of defence" and needed American aid, but reiterated the U.S. would not itself go to war.[115] In the spring of 1939 FDR allowed the French to place huge orders with the American aircraft industry on a cash-and-carry basis, as allowed by law. Most of the aircraft ordered had not arrived in France by the time of its collapse in May 1940, so Roosevelt arranged in June 1940 for French orders to be sold to the British.[116] When World War II broke out in 1939, Roosevelt rejected the Wilsonian neutrality stance and sought ways to assist Britain and France militarily.[117] At first the President gave only covert support to repeal of the arms embargo provisions of the Neutrality Act.[118] He began a regular s forumlinkbuilding.com reviewswebsite designers in pretoria | |
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