Did FDR Push the U.S. into World War II?
Did Franklin D. Roosevelt secretly maneuver the United States into World War II? Long before Pearl Harbor, FDR was determined to help Britain survive Nazi Germany. His administration traded destroyers for British bases, pushed through Lend-Lease, expanded the Navy's role in the Atlantic, and imposed increasingly severe economic sanctions on Japan—all while most Americans remained deeply wary of another world war. To Roosevelt's critics, these actions prove he was quietly leading the country toward a conflict he publicly promised to avoid. To others, they show a president confronting growing…
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