FDR & Churchill: A Friendship For the Ages with History Hit's Dan Snow | 1

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So with the Japanese attack and Germany declaring war on the U.S. shortly after, America was finally a full participant in the war. But Churchill made this visit—ten rough days at sea, apparently—because he worried that the U.S. might focus its efforts on Japan rather than Germany. So he essentially invited himself to the White House to shore up this special relationship between the U.S.