As early as 1937, FDR warned the American public about the dangers posed by the government in Germany, Italy and Japan, though he did not want American to enter the war. After World War II broke out in September 1939, however, Roosevelt called a special session of Congress in order to allow Britain and France to purchase American arms on a "cash-and-carry" basis. Germany captured France by the end of June 1940, and Roosevelt persuaded Congress to provide more support for Britain. Roosevelt decided to run for reelection again in 1940; he won this race, being the first and only president to be elected four times.
Roosevelt increased his support of Great Britain with passage of the “Lend-Lease Act” in March 1941. This act allowed the president to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, or lend " war materials to countries whose protection was very important to American security. On December 8, 1941, the day after Japan bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt appeared before a joint session of Congress, which declared war on Japan. He gave the speech, “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy” in which he addressed the attack on Pearl Harbor and declared that America would enter WWII to defend themselves. The first president to leave the country during wartime, Roosevelt lead the agreement between countries against the Axis powers, meeting frequently with Churchill and seeking to establish friendly relations with the Soviet Union and its leader, Joseph Stalin. FDR died while still the President on April 12, while America was still at war.
Roosevelt increased his support of Great Britain with passage of the “Lend-Lease Act” in March 1941. This act allowed the president to "sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, or lend " war materials to countries whose protection was very important to American security. On December 8, 1941, the day after Japan bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Roosevelt appeared before a joint session of Congress, which declared war on Japan. He gave the speech, “A Date Which Will Live in Infamy” in which he addressed the attack on Pearl Harbor and declared that America would enter WWII to defend themselves. The first president to leave the country during wartime, Roosevelt lead the agreement between countries against the Axis powers, meeting frequently with Churchill and seeking to establish friendly relations with the Soviet Union and its leader, Joseph Stalin. FDR died while still the President on April 12, while America was still at war.