1939 ⟶ Netherlands and Belgium Declare Neutrality

Netherlands and Belgium declare their neutrality.
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1937
1939
1944

🗣️ Roosevelt Delivers Quarantine Speech

President Roosevelt gives the Quarantine Speech outlining a move away from neutrality and towards "quarantining" all aggressors.⟶
Roosevelt Delivers Quarantine Speech (1937)
USPresident RooseveltNeutralityForeign PolicyIsolationismAggressionDiplomacySpeechWorld War II

🇳🇱 Netherlands and Belgium Declare Neutrality

Netherlands and Belgium declare their neutrality.⟶
Netherlands and Belgium Declare Neutrality (1939)
NetherlandsBelgiumNeutralityWorld War IIWestern FrontForeign PolicyIsolationism

🇮🇪 Ireland Declares Neutrality

Ireland's Taoiseach Éamon de Valera declares the nation's neutrality.⟶
Ireland Declares Neutrality (1939)
IrelandNeutralityWorld War IIForeign PolicyIsolationismEamon de Valera

🇺🇸 United States Publicly Declares Neutrality

The United States publicly declares neutrality.⟶
United StatesNeutralityIsolationismForeign PolicyWorld War IIEarly War

🕊️ Belgium Declares Neutrality

Belgium announces its neutrality in the present conflict.⟶
Belgium Declares Neutrality (1939)
BelgiumNeutralityWorld War IIWestern FrontConflictWarInternational Relations

🇧🇪 Allied Troops Enter Belgium

Allied troops enter Belgium.⟶
BelgiumWorld War IIAlliesmilitaryliberationwestern frontwarinvasion