Defense manufacturing will eventually invigorate the United States economy by employing many previously unemployed workers, including an increasing number of women, coining the phrase Rosie the Riveter. Lend-Lease Bill . Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia. Germans occupy Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Russo-Japanese neutrality pact signed.
Allied troops evacuate Greece.
Japanese bomb the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor . Japan invades Malaya. FDR announcing Declaration of War against Japan. Germany and Italy declare war on United States. United States institutes extended military conscription for men ages 20-44.