Today in World War II History—November 4, 1939 & 1944
Monday, November 4, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
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85 Years Ago—Nov. 4, 1939: US Neutrality Act of 1939 becomes law, repealing the arms embargo in the Neutrality Acts of 1935 & 1937 and renewing the expired “cash & carry” clause to allow the sale of arms to Britain & France.
In Oslo, Norway, an anonymous German scientist (physicist Hans Ferdinand Mayer) gives the “Oslo Report” to British intelligence, outlining German technological advances, such as long-range missiles and advanced navigational methods; the British don’t believe it at first.
In Chicago, Packard exhibits the first air-conditioned automobile.
80 Years Ago—Nov. 4, 1944: The liberation of Greece is complete as final German troops evacuate.
