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FDR: I think it must be explained over and over again to people who like to think of the United States Navy as an invincible…

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I think it must be explained over and over again to people who like to think of the United States Navy as an invincible protection, that this can be true only if the British Navy survives.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt explains that the U.S. Navy's effectiveness relies on the survival of the British Navy.

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