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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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  1. No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America
    31:44Why the timeline stops at American entryNotable Point
  2. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:00:56The Morgenthau Plan made political sense before its human costs were countedQ&A
  3. Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:30:54Roosevelt instead of Truman at PotsdamQ&A
  4. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    22:32The early Cold War in a counterfactual where Roosevelt survivesQ&A
  5. An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?
    4:56The Atlantic Conference brought together military and civilian leadersChapter
  6. An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?
    6:11Roosevelt's wheelchair and the image of political leadershipNotable Point
  7. An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?
    13:23The White House staff and Cabinet Office developed at different timesNotable Point
  8. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    1:13:29How Roosevelt might have shaped the early Cold WarQ&A
  9. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:05:28Bargaining inside the Churchill-Roosevelt-Stalin allianceNotable Point
  10. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    48:19A future history book and Roosevelt's court casesQ&A
  11. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    2:37:29The Willkie counterfactual and American preparation for warQ&A
  12. Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:41:57Why USS Reuben James did not trigger warQ&A
  13. The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!
    20:43The Argentia conference before American entry into the warChapter
  14. The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!
    36:13How summit photographs managed Roosevelt's public imageNotable Point
  15. The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!
    46:21Churchill and Roosevelt brought different objectivesChapter
  16. The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!
    48:37A newspaper supplied the name for an unsigned charterNotable Point
  17. The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!
    1:13:35Roosevelt's fishing trip covered a wartime summitNotable Point
  18. The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!
    1:39:22Roosevelt used self-determination against imperial restorationNotable Point
  19. The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!
    2:31:47American fast battleships and carriers strengthened Roosevelt's handQ&A
  20. Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit
    0:00Richardson's warning before Pearl HarborChapter
  21. Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit
    44:37Roosevelt keeps the fleet at an unready HawaiiChapter
  22. Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit
    49:15Richardson's dismissal and the 1941 fleet splitChapter
  23. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    2:26:41Richardson, Turner, and the politics of naval intelligenceNotable Point
  24. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    29:19Why Kimmel could not keep the whole fleet continuously at seaChapter
  25. Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...
    51:42How the United States might enter the war without Pearl HarborQ&A
  26. Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...
    56:56Roosevelt's anti-imperial vision and the unexpected CommonwealthNotable Point
  27. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    0:20Why war with Japan looked different in American politicsChapter
  28. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    41:51The commanders and political systems that decide the crisisChapter
  29. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    56:00How an American carrier ambush might workChapter
  30. Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...
    58:18Roosevelt's congressional hardball optionNotable Point
  31. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    35:10Japanese fatalism shapes the decisionChapter
  32. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    53:24Four strategic outcomes after discoveryNotable Point
  33. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    57:27A secret American alert turns Pearl Harbor into a trapChapter
  34. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    1:01:07Waiting for Japan to fire preserves political legitimacyQ&A
  35. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    2:33:24If Hitler declares war after Japan turns backQ&A
  36. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    2:51:01Secrecy determines whether allies receive the warningQ&A
  37. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:03:20Roosevelt, Grew, and competing American approachesChapter
  38. A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?
    1:08:26French Indochina, the oil embargo, and a diplomatic red lineChapter
  39. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:11:55Konoe renewed his summit appeal on 6 SeptemberNotable Point
  40. What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 108
    1:43:32Grew's summit advice and Konoe's limited authorityChapter
  41. Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!
    2:41:13The Pearl Harbor succession would be Wallace, not TrumanQ&A
  42. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    4:07:59Roosevelt's irritation with Churchill during the First World WarQ&A
  43. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    1:02:15Pratt preserves Coast Guard search expertise from mergerNotable Point
  44. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    42:59American Far Eastern interests complicate isolationismChapter
  45. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    46:49A limited naval commitment offers one route to American entryNotable Point
  46. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    3:55:59Why Kimmel took the Pacific Fleet commandQ&A
  47. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    3:54:30American isolationism did not exclude defending the PacificQ&A
  48. Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 3
    0:03How a Pacific deployment rumor reached Allied leadersChapter
  49. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    18:18Kimmel, Richardson, and the origin of the counterraidsChapter
  50. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    49:28Wilson Brown's Task Force 11 command and later influenceChapter
  51. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:09:34MacArthur captured in the PhilippinesQ&A
  52. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:23:42Who could lead the US Navy instead of KingQ&A
  53. If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike
    24:11Surprise, arrogance, and Pearl HarborNotable Point
  54. Bruships 130: Battleships
    1:45:14Why US-British coordination fractured after RooseveltQ&A
  55. Fleets of Mobile Bay(1864)
    18:36How USS Hartford was lost after preservation plans failedNotable Point
  56. HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 9
    33:39A false sinking claim made Ark Royal a marked shipNotable Point
  57. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    20:44Kimmel, forward basing, and Pearl Harbor readinessNotable Point
  58. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    1:48:20Roosevelt, Hawaii, and the danger of unsupported forward basingNotable Point
  59. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response
    33:50Political will for a limited naval warQ&A
  60. Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak
    2:20:34Which admirals won the confidence of wartime leaders?Q&A
  61. Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?
    3:07:31Could Ernest King obstruct coalition command?Q&A
  62. Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers
    27:25The Philadelphia protest exposes naval segregationNotable Point
  63. Portland Class: Heavy Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen?
    19:32Portland as a scouting and presence cruiserChapter
  64. Portland Class: Heavy Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen?
    34:29Indianapolis becomes a presidential flagshipChapter
  65. Northampton Class: US Treaty Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    46:05USS Houston shaped American experience in the western PacificChapter
  66. Northampton Class: US Treaty Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    53:16USS Augusta's flagship role and CXAM-1 radar refitChapter
  67. Northampton Class: US Treaty Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    56:29Presidential orders overturned a Bureau of Ships hold on AugustaNotable Point
  68. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    15:02The political assumptions behind the alternate treatyNotable Point
  69. Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#
    0:56Who failed in the Pearl Harbor chain of command?Chapter
  70. Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#
    12:37Kimmel's 1915 assignment under Franklin D. RooseveltNotable Point
  71. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    52:23Kimmel as Franklin Roosevelt's naval aideChapter
  72. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    56:06Why did Roosevelt not defend Kimmel?Q&A
  73. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    1:08:08Did Roosevelt knowingly allow Pearl Harbor?Q&A
  74. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    1:32:46Richardson's warning about civilian leadershipNotable Point
  75. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    2:29:54Who owned the decision to support Hawaii?Q&A
  76. County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)
    40:15Shropshire's transfer to the Royal Australian NavyChapter
  77. Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?
    46:42Pearl Harbor as a forward-base problemChapter
  78. Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?
    50:20Yamato and the missed deterrent messageNotable Point
  79. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P4/5 Summary... was Lend Lease worth it?
    0:22Lend-Lease as an anti-dictator strategyChapter
  80. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA
    3:24Harry Hopkins gains exceptional access to RooseveltNotable Point
  81. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA
    10:02Hopkins becomes Roosevelt's personal channel to ChurchillNotable Point
  82. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA
    16:02Britain's dollar crisis drives a new aid systemChapter
  83. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA
    37:34Allied orders accelerate American industrial mobilizationChapter
  84. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    1:24:30Harry Hopkins becomes the vital Roosevelt-Churchill channelChapter
  85. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    1:36:53Why Roosevelt sent Joseph Kennedy to LondonQ&A
  86. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    1:39:06Arming Britain as the safest way to keep America outNotable Point
  87. Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...
    22:11The Roosevelt family's long connection to Navy leadershipNotable Point
  88. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    1:17:43Hitler's war declaration eased Roosevelt's dilemmaNotable Point
  89. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    1:21:10American entry and a coalition Pacific commandChapter
  90. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    58:24Historical fragments behind an impossible U.S. turnNotable Point
  91. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    34:50Roosevelt's political room for material aidNotable Point
  92. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    30:40Would Roosevelt enter a 1939 Pacific war?Notable Point
  93. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    33:28How Allied leadership changes altered dealings with StalinNotable Point
  94. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    6:40American pressure before a declaration of warNotable Point
  95. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    8:28Sanctions, a casus belli, and commercial supportNotable Point
  96. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P1 Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    7:14Loans to China and supplies to JapanNotable Point
  97. Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A
    9:40Cunningham's working relationship with RooseveltQ&A