Historian Richard Frank explores the influence of China and the Soviet Union in the Japanese decision to attack American territories in December 1941.
Before he took office and faced the challenges of the Great Depression and World War II, FDR faced the challenge of Polio. This disease was sometimes deadly and always feared in the US during the first half of the twentieth century. Part of FDR's legacy is the Polio vaccine, released in 1955.
The FDR Memorial reflects his radiant calm and leadership through the crashing storm of war.
A memorial depicts FDR’s special relationship with ordinary Americans in a world verging on war.
Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill had the most complex and historically significant friendship of the 20th century.
Join leading scholars for a daylong discussion about the Yalta Conference—from the run-up to the conference, the proceedings themselves, to the legacies of Yalta for the postwar world, for the Cold War, and for our own day.
Join us for a penetrating account of the dynamics of World War II’s Grand Alliance through the messages exchanged by the “Big Three.”