Imperial War Museums

How Churchill and Roosevelt United Britain and America

Join IWM curator Dr. Oliver Carter-Wakefield to explore how Churchill and Roosevelt’s wartime partnership forged the enduring “special relationship” between the US and Great Britain. Chapters: 00:00 The “Special Relationship” 01:28 Two Very Different Men 02:58 American Isolationism 04:40 Roosevelt Relaxes the Neutrality Act 05:50 The U.S. Sells Britain Arms 08:16 Churchill’s Faith in America 09:59 The First Wartime Meeting 11:19 Pearl Harbor and the U.S. Enter the War 12:29 Churchill and Roosevelt’s Friendship and Alliance 15:11 After D-Day 15:50 Roosevelt’s Death 16:23 Churchill, Truman, and the future of the “Special Relationship” Plan your visit to Churchill War Rooms here: https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/churchill-war-rooms Plan your visit to the Second World War Galleries at IWM London here: https://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-london/second-world-war Explore and licence the IWM film clips used in this video: https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/collections/_pa7zGlAj Follow IWM on social media: https://x.com/I_W_M https://instagram.com/imperialwarmuseums https://facebook.com/iwm.london https://tiktok.com/@imperialwarmuseums Attributions: FDR-Wheelchair-February-1941, FDR Presidential Library & Museum photograph by Margaret Suckley, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ A portion of the overflow crowd of more than 20,000 that packed Cleveland, Ohio's Public Auditorium to hear President Roosevelt deliver his final campaign speech for re-election. November 3, 1940, FDR Presidential Library & Museum, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Stage and backdrop of the American Labor Party re-elect Roosevelt rally 1940, Kheel Center, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/