The Lead Up To World War II

Season 1

About the Episode

As the Nazi Party swept across Germany and steadily gained power, there was growing concern from both Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt. However, a Gallup Poll showed the that majority of Americans opposed offering sanctuary to European refugees. And FDR's bill to sell arms to Britain and France should Germany invade Poland never even reached the Senate floor.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was adored by his parents but had a very lonely childhood.

8:07
Theodore Roosevelt: Heroism on D-Day

General Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was the American commander who took Utah Beach on D-Day.

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Intro

Watch the introduction to The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.

7:51
Theodore Roosevelt: The Early Years

Theodore Roosevelt attends Harvard and meets Alice Lee. They marry in 1880.

3:26
Theodore Roosevelt: The Nobel Peace Prize

Theodore Roosevelt settles the Russo-Japanese War and wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

3:49
Eleanor Roosevelt vs. Sara Delano Roosevelt

Eleanor clashed at times with her mother-in-law, Sara Delano Roosevelt.

4:25
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Theodore Roosevelt believed in the survival of the fittest and 'might makes right.'

3:43
Hyde Park Roosevelts

James Roosevelt married Sara Delano and they settle down in Hyde Park.

4:49
Sagamore Hill

Theodore Roosevelt marries Edith Carow and they settle down in Sagamore Hill, New York.

4:41
Theodore Roosevelt: Police Commissioner

Theodore Roosevelt becomes Police Commissioner of New York.

4:17