World War II President Roosevelt and the American Dream

It's impossible to discuss the military implications of World War II without considering the dramatic impact of the Americans entering the conflict at the end of 1941, after the devastating attack on the US Navy at Peal Harbour by the Japanese. Nevertheless, right from the outbreak of war in 1939 the Americans played a huge supporting role when it came to the Allied cause.

With President Franklin Roosevelt working closely with Winston Churchill and the British as Hitler stormed through Europe, the financial muscle of the USA was flexed long before the GIs were called upon to leave their homeland. As Roosevelt campaigned for freedom against tyranny, providing loans for re-armament after such disasters as Dunkirk, the fight against Nazi Germany was able to continue as the tide gradually started to turn in the Allies' favour.

This fascinating documentary explores the role of the Americans in WWII and the intriguing larger than life Generals including George S Patton, Omar Bradley and the legendary Dwight D Eisenhower as they did everything in their power to fulfil the American Dream.