Dan Snow

But the Germans wouldn't be able to build a fleet to cross the... It's the same problem Napoleon's got, right? So you're going to end up with this kind of maritime power against this continental European power. And it's going to be a bit of a stalemate. Now, Germany conquered this vast empire in Europe from the biggest since the Caesars, right?

So you've got from the border of France to the Vistula River in what is now Poland. If he'd actually exploited that empire and kind of mobilized it in an effective way, instead actually it was... Ja, ja, dieses massive Headstart.

So you've got from the border of France to the Vistula River in what is now Poland. If he'd actually exploited that empire and kind of mobilized it in an effective way, instead actually it was... Ja, ja, dieses massive Headstart.

So you've got from the border of France to the Vistula River in what is now Poland. If he'd actually exploited that empire and kind of mobilized it in an effective way, instead actually it was... Ja, ja, dieses massive Headstart.

Well, Churchill is one of several letters. He writes to us all the time, saying, please get involved in the war and please send us more stuff. And as you say, he spends the summer of 1940 trying to avoid outright defeat. They do that in the Battle of Britain. They defeat the German Air Force in the Battle of Britain. They then move to a situation of, well, stalemate.

Well, Churchill is one of several letters. He writes to us all the time, saying, please get involved in the war and please send us more stuff. And as you say, he spends the summer of 1940 trying to avoid outright defeat. They do that in the Battle of Britain. They defeat the German Air Force in the Battle of Britain. They then move to a situation of, well, stalemate.

Well, Churchill is one of several letters. He writes to us all the time, saying, please get involved in the war and please send us more stuff. And as you say, he spends the summer of 1940 trying to avoid outright defeat. They do that in the Battle of Britain. They defeat the German Air Force in the Battle of Britain. They then move to a situation of, well, stalemate.

Neither side can land a knockout blow. And Churchill wants to get to a place where you can move towards victory. And to do that, he needs American resource. He needs American money and weapons and industrial output and things like that. And so he says in December 8th, he goes, Britain is approaching the point where we are bankrupt. We cannot pay for things in cash.

Neither side can land a knockout blow. And Churchill wants to get to a place where you can move towards victory. And to do that, he needs American resource. He needs American money and weapons and industrial output and things like that. And so he says in December 8th, he goes, Britain is approaching the point where we are bankrupt. We cannot pay for things in cash.

Neither side can land a knockout blow. And Churchill wants to get to a place where you can move towards victory. And to do that, he needs American resource. He needs American money and weapons and industrial output and things like that. And so he says in December 8th, he goes, Britain is approaching the point where we are bankrupt. We cannot pay for things in cash.

And they send a new ambassador over to the US in that same time, late fall 1940. Und er ist ein sehr charismatischer Typ. Und es gibt einen berühmten Quote, dass er... Leider kann ich nicht finden, ob es tatsächlich wahr ist. Aber die Geschichte geht. Die Geschichte ist weitgehend erzählt. Er sagt den Journalisten, die ihn begrüßten, als er landete, Na, Jungs, Britannien ist kaputt.

And they send a new ambassador over to the US in that same time, late fall 1940. Und er ist ein sehr charismatischer Typ. Und es gibt einen berühmten Quote, dass er... Leider kann ich nicht finden, ob es tatsächlich wahr ist. Aber die Geschichte geht. Die Geschichte ist weitgehend erzählt. Er sagt den Journalisten, die ihn begrüßten, als er landete, Na, Jungs, Britannien ist kaputt.

And they send a new ambassador over to the US in that same time, late fall 1940. Und er ist ein sehr charismatischer Typ. Und es gibt einen berühmten Quote, dass er... Leider kann ich nicht finden, ob es tatsächlich wahr ist. Aber die Geschichte geht. Die Geschichte ist weitgehend erzählt. Er sagt den Journalisten, die ihn begrüßten, als er landete, Na, Jungs, Britannien ist kaputt.

Es ist euer Geld, das wir wollen. Und so, wie du sagst, mit Murrow und so, gibt es auch diese Influenzkampagne, die die britischen Leute zeigt, die Nacht nach Nacht Bomben verursacht. Frauen getötet, Kinder getötet, Häuser zerstört, indiskriminierte Bomben von der deutschen Kriegsmaschine. Also, die Sympathie in den amerikanischen Leuten.

Es ist euer Geld, das wir wollen. Und so, wie du sagst, mit Murrow und so, gibt es auch diese Influenzkampagne, die die britischen Leute zeigt, die Nacht nach Nacht Bomben verursacht. Frauen getötet, Kinder getötet, Häuser zerstört, indiskriminierte Bomben von der deutschen Kriegsmaschine. Also, die Sympathie in den amerikanischen Leuten.

Es ist euer Geld, das wir wollen. Und so, wie du sagst, mit Murrow und so, gibt es auch diese Influenzkampagne, die die britischen Leute zeigt, die Nacht nach Nacht Bomben verursacht. Frauen getötet, Kinder getötet, Häuser zerstört, indiskriminierte Bomben von der deutschen Kriegsmaschine. Also, die Sympathie in den amerikanischen Leuten.

I'll be back with more American History after this short break.

I'll be back with more American History after this short break.

I'll be back with more American History after this short break.

Well, you know, you're the expert in FDR, Don, with this great series you've been running. But I think the FDR was hoping to avoid war if he could. He was hoping that there would be some way for the Europeans not to drag the world back into kind of global Armageddon, as they've done so many times in the past. But he also is, I think he buys what Churchill's selling.