Military history of the United States during World War II
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The military history of the United States in World War II covers the war against the Axis powers, starting with the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. During the first two years of World War II, the United States had maintained formal neutrality as made official in the Quarantine Speech delivered by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937, while supplying Britain, the Soviet Union, and China with war material through the Lend-Lease Act which was signed into law on March 11, 1941, as well as deploying the U.S. military to replace the British invasion forces in Iceland. Following the "Greer incident" Roosevelt publicly confirmed the "shoot on sight" order on September 11, 1941, effectively declaring naval war on Germany and Italy in the Battle of the Atlantic.
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