Ka dib markii uu dhacay France ee June 1940, Britain iyo boqortooyada oo keli taagnaa Germany, ilaa weerarkii Jarmalka ee Greece on 7 April 1941. Ra'iisul Wasaaraha Ingiriiska Winston Churchill si guul ah u ololeeyey Madaxweynaha Franklin D. Roosevelt ee gargaarka milatariga ka Maraykanka, laakiin Roosevelt weli ma ahaa diyaar u ah inay weydiiso Congress in ay ku biirin dalka si ay dagaal. In August 1941, Churchill iyo Roosevelt kulmay oo saxiixay Charter Atlantic ah, kaas oo ka mid ahaa bayaan ah in "xuquuqda dadka oo dhan si ay u doortaan qaab dawladeed oo ay ku nool yihiin" waa in la ixtiraamo.
Sanadkii 1941