FDR Dies Amidst WWII Negotiations | FDR

FDR passed away shortly after the Yalta conference. See more in Season 1, Episode 3, "Arsenal of Democracy."

Watch FDR, an epic three-night miniseries portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, redefines our 32nd president's mythic place in American history, on HISTORY from 5/29 to 5/31.

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Watch FDR, an epic three-night miniseries portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, redefines our 32nd president's mythic place in American history, on HISTORY from 5/29 to 5/31.

[philipcone]

Roosevelt was the last president who honestly felt if he did not succeed, there may not be another president.

[janetbyars]

A man who could not walk brought the country and the world off its knees.

[joaoascencao]

Just imagine if FDR had been POTUS during the age of social media. The attention on his medical condition would be constant and his opponents would have called him old, tired and unfit to serve. Really puts into perspective how it's not these superficial factors that make a person capable of serving as POTUS, but the substance of the issues and policies

[markAD]

If you read a good biography about FDR you realize that polio ironically was probably the best thing that ever happened to him. May sound like an asinine thing to say but that humbled him and put him on a saintly path to serve his fellow man. And serve he and she he did at a time when it was most needed. Similar to Lincoln and Washington. One of the great leaders in the History of not only America but the world.

[zachcesnik]

The Ken Burns documentary of WW2 has a fantastic scene where the Japanese-American soldiers fighting in Germany( for the country that imprisoned their families in the American detention camps) heard FDR had died and immediately charged a German position to honour him.

[malignm]

Top 3 greatest president of all time. Dealing with an illness while facing the Great Depression and WW2 is crazy.

[thomashusted]

And he did this all disabled in a wheelchair it’s just absolutely amazing!

[GamerLegend.]

It's so strange how FDR died 2 weeks before Hitler did. Franklin Delano Roosevelt died April 12th 1945 and Hitler died April 30th 1945

[albertowen]

Stalin may have thought he was able to play Churchill and Roosevelt by his smooth talk and charm, but he gained more conquest then and after him with the invasion of Czechoslavakia in 1968. Thank goodness the USSR was stopped in Afghanistan in 1980, or else the world would be scarred politically for generations. This is an excellent upload. THANK YOU!

[rlbrown]

I wish we had a man of his integrity, courage, heart & intelligent mind today for our President.

[Potus-chanel]

I really like Franklin Delano Roosevelt's way of speaking

[TrinityCourtStudios]

I would consider myself the luckiest man in the world if we ever get another president as kind, compassionate, uplifting, motivating, paternal, steadfast, protective, and as wholly good as Franklin Roosevelt was.

[bbalderston]

07:12 Seeing African Americans crying says everything you need to know about FDR: great man.

[bbalderston]

FDR navigated the US through such terrible times under his leadership, I don't know the US could make it through such times today.

[wiggywil]

FDR got us through the Depression..
*BOTH* of Them..
The Depression in our pocketbooks,
and the Depression of the American Spirit during that time

[tylerreeves]

One of the greatest commander in chiefs this nation ever had ❤

[tylerballa]

now the people call him a communist and socialist.... how sad our greatest president is now labeled that...

[josephwolosz]

I wonder if anyone has investigated how FDR got to the conference in Yalta.
I read that he did fly on military aircraft.
Passage by sea was probably far more dangerous than flying. He did travel aboard ships. But there are probably secrets from WW2 that still exist. I'm sure Hitler was not too happy seeing the Conference proceed.

[colinlawrence]

Fun Fact: FDR visited Trinidad in the Caribbean. There is footage of him passing by the train station. 💯