President Roosevelt appeared before the Congress in 1939 and urged the Congress to append the Neutrality Act saying the those rules a they were passively favored the enemy while helping the oppressed country. Congress agreed to this and amended this Act allowing the United States to offer assistance to Britain and France.
<span>Because the plan was to surprise the Germans and to land in a place and at a time that they did not expect.</span>
D. the Himalayan Mountains in Nepal