Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a career politician who became the 32nd president of the United States in 1932. The only man to be elected president for four consecutive terms, Roosevelt held the office through much of the Great Depression and World War II. His overt and covert assistance to Great Britain, through programs such as Lend-Lease, kept the island nation fighting against Nazi Germany during a crucial period from 1939 to 1941. Following the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt asked Congress for a declaration of war against Japan. Germany declared war on the United States four days later. Afflicted by polio during the 1920s, Roosevelt was paralyzed from the waist down for the remainder of his life. He died in office on April 12, 1945, at the age of 63 and was succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman.
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Not exactly “the best damned documentary films ever made,” the Why We Fight Series did effectively hammer home the importance of winning the war against the Axis. More »
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In early January 1943, two Boeing 314s left the Marine Air Terminal at La Guardia Airport in New York for what would be a very historic journey. More »
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The story of the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor is of course much broader than just the events surrounding the strike against the U.S. Pacific Fleet. And since the attack over 70 years ago, there has not been a shortage of books and articles detailing the events of this More »
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Some historians attribute the fall of the Iron Curtain to President Franklin Roosevelt’s gross miscalculation of the Soviet Union in World War II. British historian Alan Clark writes in his book Barbarossa that “Roosevelt’s betrayal of Eastern Europe, whether out of calculation or gullibility, is so notorious as to need More »
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B-29s built in Georgia helped the United States win the war with Japan. More »
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The frequent bombing of the beautiful medieval city of Rouen, France, caused widespread death and destruction and resentment to the Allies. More »
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Was Franklin Roosevelt planning to intervene on Great Britain’s behalf before Pearl Harbor? Winston Churchill, for one, thought so. More »
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The 1940 exodus from Paris as the German Army approached choked the roads from the city with refugee traffic. More »
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Early in the North African campaign, American tankers battled the Vichy French. More »
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Albert W. Boam, a former B-24 navigator, recalls his training, bombing the Reich, getting shot down, and surviving months in a German POW camp. More »
