quick question, us history

[SnoopCat]

this incideent september 1941 ALMOST made the US enter WW2. Roosevelt calls it "an act of naked aggression" and provides American naval protection for all friendly ships..

anyone know what it is?
is it the invasion of Poland?? im not certain if thats right...

 

[zmatrix]

I think the prince of poland got shot or something. I vaguely remember.

[edit] Oops, the assasination took place in WWI. You can get some info here.

 

[cdan]

Well, Hitler invaded Poland in 1938 so that's probably not it. I think that's the thing where the US supplied England during WWII.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

This might be it:

September 11
President Roosevelt announced shoot-on-sight order to United
States Navy in America defense waters, following U.S.S. Greer
incident of September 4.
Department of State Bulletin, September 13, 1941, Vol. V, p 193.

From http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/events/events.html

 

[NeoV]

that is it!

 

[SnoopCat]

thanks everybody, seems like U.S.S. Greer incident is the correct answer, i needed that information for my essay. thanks again