Mgbe ọdịda nke France na June 1940, Britain na alaeze guzoro naanị megide Germany, ruo mgbe German mbuso agha nke Greece na 7 April 1941. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ọma lobbied President Franklin D. Roosevelt maka enyemaka agha si United States, ma Roosevelt adịghị njikere ịjụ Congress ka nkwa mba agha. Na August 1941, Churchill na Roosevelt zutere na bịanyere aka na Atlantic Charter, nke gụnyere nkwupụta na "ikike nke ndị niile ịhọrọ ụdị ọchịchị nke ha bi" kwesịrị ka a na-akwanyere ùgwù. Okwu a bụ ambiguous dị ka ọ na-ezo aka ma ọ bụrụ na ọ na-emerụ mba Europe, ma ọ bụ na-emebi emebi, ma Ireland họọrọ ịnọgide na-iwu na-anọpụ iche n'oge nile agha. Mgbe ọdịda nke France na June 1940, Britain na alaeze ukwu guzo naanị megide Germany, ruo mgbe German mbuso agha nke Greece na 7 April 1941. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill ọma lobbied President Franklin D. Roosevelt maka enyemaka agha si United States, ma Roosevelt adịghị njikere ịjụ Congress ka itinye mba agha.
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