On the recordAugust 20, 1941
Inevitably such a peace would be a gift to Nazism to take breath—armed breath—for a second war to extend the control over Europe and Asia to the American Hemisphere itself.
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presidency.ucsb.eduInevitably such a peace would be a gift to Nazism to take breath—armed breath—for a second war to extend the control over Europe and Asia to the American Hemisphere itself.
Message to Congress on the Atlantic Meeting with Prime Minister Churchill
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