Dan Snow

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.

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.

He buys the idea that Hitler is evil. He buys the idea it's a threat, an existential threat to democracy. And that's why, and you can see that, because he does answer Churchill's pleas, and he does help I'm astonished when I read about 1941. Before Pearl Harbor, the lengths that the Americans go to help the Brits...

He buys the idea that Hitler is evil. He buys the idea it's a threat, an existential threat to democracy. And that's why, and you can see that, because he does answer Churchill's pleas, and he does help I'm astonished when I read about 1941. Before Pearl Harbor, the lengths that the Americans go to help the Brits...

He buys the idea that Hitler is evil. He buys the idea it's a threat, an existential threat to democracy. And that's why, and you can see that, because he does answer Churchill's pleas, and he does help I'm astonished when I read about 1941. Before Pearl Harbor, the lengths that the Americans go to help the Brits...

in 1941, it actually makes it less surprising that Hitler made the crazy decision to declare war on the Americans after Pearl Harbor. Because from Hitler's point of view, the Americans were kind of in the war. And if you look at Lend-Lease, a great example, in March 1941, you get the Lend-Lease Act passed by Congress, and Churchill said it's tantamount to a declaration of war.

in 1941, it actually makes it less surprising that Hitler made the crazy decision to declare war on the Americans after Pearl Harbor. Because from Hitler's point of view, the Americans were kind of in the war. And if you look at Lend-Lease, a great example, in March 1941, you get the Lend-Lease Act passed by Congress, and Churchill said it's tantamount to a declaration of war.

in 1941, it actually makes it less surprising that Hitler made the crazy decision to declare war on the Americans after Pearl Harbor. Because from Hitler's point of view, the Americans were kind of in the war. And if you look at Lend-Lease, a great example, in March 1941, you get the Lend-Lease Act passed by Congress, and Churchill said it's tantamount to a declaration of war.

Churchill knows, like, he's got them. This is America are in. They have agreed to provide enormous, enormous military supplies to Britain and its empire and its allies.

Churchill knows, like, he's got them. This is America are in. They have agreed to provide enormous, enormous military supplies to Britain and its empire and its allies.

Churchill knows, like, he's got them. This is America are in. They have agreed to provide enormous, enormous military supplies to Britain and its empire and its allies.

Yes, he likes to drink, he's old, he's a sort of Victorian war horse, let loose in this sort of modern age of the mid-20th century. He is also, this is the big thing that the FDR, I think, will always sit between them. He believes in the British Empire passionately.

Yes, he likes to drink, he's old, he's a sort of Victorian war horse, let loose in this sort of modern age of the mid-20th century. He is also, this is the big thing that the FDR, I think, will always sit between them. He believes in the British Empire passionately.

Yes, he likes to drink, he's old, he's a sort of Victorian war horse, let loose in this sort of modern age of the mid-20th century. He is also, this is the big thing that the FDR, I think, will always sit between them. He believes in the British Empire passionately.

1914, Churchill macht ein bisschen mentale Gymnastik, weil Churchill sagt, Hitler ist ein existenzieller Threat für alles Gute in diesem Welt. By the way, India, you're remaining part of the British Empire, for the foreseeable. So, you know, you're like, okay. So, he, and FDR sees that.

1914, Churchill macht ein bisschen mentale Gymnastik, weil Churchill sagt, Hitler ist ein existenzieller Threat für alles Gute in diesem Welt. By the way, India, you're remaining part of the British Empire, for the foreseeable. So, you know, you're like, okay. So, he, and FDR sees that.

1914, Churchill macht ein bisschen mentale Gymnastik, weil Churchill sagt, Hitler ist ein existenzieller Threat für alles Gute in diesem Welt. By the way, India, you're remaining part of the British Empire, for the foreseeable. So, you know, you're like, okay. So, he, and FDR sees that.

FDR's like, I'm not sending American boys to die, and I'm not sending American dollars to be put to work to keep the British Empire afloat. Like, that's not what, you know what, the name, the name, The Republic, it's the United States of America. Our foundation myth tells you all you need to know about our view of the British Empire, right?

FDR's like, I'm not sending American boys to die, and I'm not sending American dollars to be put to work to keep the British Empire afloat. Like, that's not what, you know what, the name, the name, The Republic, it's the United States of America. Our foundation myth tells you all you need to know about our view of the British Empire, right?

FDR's like, I'm not sending American boys to die, and I'm not sending American dollars to be put to work to keep the British Empire afloat. Like, that's not what, you know what, the name, the name, The Republic, it's the United States of America. Our foundation myth tells you all you need to know about our view of the British Empire, right?