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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 threats while trying to support America's allies without entering the war directly.

So where does the evidence lead?

In this episode of History Shorts, we separate conspiracy from documented history and examine how Roosevelt pushed the limits of American neutrality, what he knew before Pearl Harbor, and whether FDR deliberately brought the United States into World War II—or simply prepared for a war he increasingly believed was unavoidable.

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