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Atlantic Charter
How Franklin D. Roosevelt Prepared the U.S. for World War II
By Peter KrossBy June 1940, during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s seventh year in office, Europe was ablaze. In that month, France fell to the Nazi blitzkrieg that threatened to overtake the entire continent. Read more