Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Hondo Yenyika II yakatanga muna September 1939 nokuvhozhokerwa kwePoland neGermany, uye France neBritain dzakabva dzarwisawo. Vatungamiriri vokuMadokero vakakatyamadzwa apo Soviet Union neGermany
kutonga kwePoland kwakakamurwa; masimba maviri aya akanga asvika pachibvumirano chokusarwisa muna August 1939, icho chaiva nechibvumirano chakavanzika chokuparadzaniswa kwePoland. Kunyange zvazvo vokuAmerica vashomanene vaida kupindira muhondo, nzvero yaGallup yaOctober 1939 yakaratidza kuti inopfuura 80 muzana yenyika yacho yaifarira Britain neFrance kupfuura Germany. Mukuwirirana nemitemo yeNeutrality Act, Roosevelt akabvuma mamiriro ehondo muEurope, achitemera France, Britain, neGermany kurambidzwa kutengesa zvombo. Mazuva mashomanene gare gare, Roosevelt akadana Kongiresi kumusangano chaiwo wokugadziridza Mutemo Wokusava Nedivi Ravanotsigira. Achikunda kupikiswa kwaiva naCharles Lindbergh aiva mutyairi wendege akakurumbira nevamwe vaida kuti nyika dzirambe dziri dzoga, Roosevelt akaita kuti mutemo wainzi Neutrality Act wa1939 upfuudzwe, uyo waibvumira nyika dzairwisana kuti dzitenge ndege nezvimwe zvombo zvehondo kuUnited States, kunyange zvazvo dzaifanira kutenga mari uye kutakura zvinhu. Kunyange zvazvo United States yaizoramba isina kwayakarerekera kusvikira muna December 1941, Roosevelt akapfuurira kutsvaka nzira dzokubetsera nadzo Britain neFrance.