Secret War: America and Nazi Germany Were At War Longer Than People Think

I am in complete awe of FDR's visionary thinking and his generosity to help the Allies with the Lend Lease Act. He was instrumental in helping England and Russia stay in the fight. Little did the Japan and Germany know the mistake of declaring war on us sd we dismantled their abilities to continue fighting.

Actually the **TRUE** surprise is that America and Nazi Germany basically never stopped trading with each other. In Charles Higham's "Trading With The Enemy" virtually all of American business with only a handful of exceptions, continued business right up until the final whistle. Luckily we never got into a carrier war with Germany as they were buying as many 20mm Oerlikons from Sweden as we were. On many occasions, the USN buyer and German buyer would "bump into each other" and have lunch.