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05
The Quarantine Speech
On 5 October 1937 in Chicago, Roosevelt called for a “quarantine” of states spreading an “epidemic of lawlessness”. No action followed; isolationists protested.
13
The German guarantee for Belgium
On 13 October 1937 the Reich assured Belgium it would not violate its territory unless Belgium took up arms against Germany. In May 1940 it broke its word.
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