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3 November 1939
Norway
US freighter City of Flint, seized by Kriegsmarine pocket battleship Deutschland in October, returned to American control

1 March 1940
Germany
Sumner Welles in Berlin to offer American mediation

2 March 1940
Germany
Sumner Welles meets with Hitler to offer American mediation

1 July 1940
Germany
Berlin insists US withdraw diplomatic missions from Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Norway

30 March 1941
United States
US seizes all German and Italian shipping in American ports

6 April 1941
United States
Secretary of State Cordell Hull denounces German invasion of Yugoslavia and Greece

16 June 1941
United States
Roosevelt orders closing of all Italian and German consulates in the US

19 June 1941
Germany
Hitler orders closing of all US consulates in Germany

11 December 1941
Germany
Berlin declares war on United States

United States
Declarations of war against Germany and Italy



War Diary records on file for this subject: 10 

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