HEIGHT OF JAPANESE ALASKA EXPANSION IN 1942 941) Area of Expansionb Act R AleuticnDutch 4 Harbor MONGOLIA 1g C .S.war JAPAN KREA TOKYO mmit JAPAN AFTER WORLD WAR II y Chungkiog peech, INDIA Hawaiians way Peor it,and Wako-l Harbor Guam N Morshalf Ts. e INDIA btain CH-EAST INDIES Guadalcanal OCEAN CORAL SEA New A USTRALIA Cofedonia COUNTRIES ARE SHOWN AS THEY WERE IN 194212.3 Pearl Harbor Air Raid Air Raid (1941) “Four Freedoms” & Lend–Lease Act • In January 1941, FDR proposed lending money to Britain for the purchase of U.S. war materials. He declared that US must commit itself to “Four Freedoms”: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. • In March 1941, US Congress passed the Lend–Lease Act permitting Britain to obtain all the U.S. arms it needed on credit