Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Join IWM curator Dr. Oliver Carter-Wakefield to explore how Churchill and Roosevelt’s wartime partnership forged the enduring “special relationship” between the US and Great Britain.
Chapters:
00:00 The “Special Relationship”
01:28 Two Very Different Men
02:58 American Isolationism
04:40 Roosevelt Relaxes the Neutrality Act
05:50 The U.S. Sells Britain Arms
08:16 Churchill’s Faith in America
09:59 The First Wartime Meeting
11:19 Pearl Harbor and the U.S. Enter the War
12:29 Churchill and Roosevelt’s Friendship and Alliance
15:11 After D-Day
15:50 Roosevelt’s Death
16:23 Churchill, Truman, and the future of the “Special Relationship”
Plan your visit to Churchill War Rooms here:
iwm.org.uk/visits/churchill-war-rooms
Plan your visit to the Second World War Galleries at IWM London here:
iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-london/second-world-war
Explore and licence the IWM film clips used in this video:
film.iwmcollections.org.uk/collections/_pa7zGlAj
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Attributions:
FDR-Wheelchair-February-1941, FDR Presidential Library & Museum photograph by Margaret Suckley, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
A portion of the overflow crowd of more than 20,000 that packed Cleveland, Ohio's Public Auditorium to hear President Roosevelt deliver his final campaign speech for re-election. November 3, 1940, FDR Presidential Library & Museum, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
Stage and backdrop of the American Labor Party re-elect Roosevelt rally 1940, Kheel Center, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
Join IWM curator Dr. Oliver Carter-Wakefield to explore how Churchill and Roosevelt’s wartime partnership forged the enduring “special relationship” between the US and Great Britain.
Chapters:
00:00 The “Special Relationship”
01:28 Two Very Different Men
02:58 American Isolationism
04:40 Roosevelt Relaxes the Neutrality Act
05:50 The U.S. Sells Britain Arms
08:16 Churchill’s Faith in America
09:59 The First Wartime Meeting
11:19 Pearl Harbor and the U.S. Enter the War
12:29 Churchill and Roosevelt’s Friendship and Alliance
15:11 After D-Day
15:50 Roosevelt’s Death
16:23 Churchill, Truman, and the future of the “Special Relationship”
Plan your visit to Churchill War Rooms here:
iwm.org.uk/visits/churchill-war-rooms
Plan your visit to the Second World War Galleries at IWM London here:
iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-london/second-world-war
Explore and licence the IWM film clips used in this video:
film.iwmcollections.org.uk/collections/_pa7zGlAj
Follow IWM on social media:
https://x.com/I_W_M
instagram.com/imperialwarmuseums
facebook.com/iwm.london
tiktok.com/@imperialwarmuseums
Attributions:
FDR-Wheelchair-February-1941, FDR Presidential Library & Museum photograph by Margaret Suckley, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
A portion of the overflow crowd of more than 20,000 that packed Cleveland, Ohio's Public Auditorium to hear President Roosevelt deliver his final campaign speech for re-election. November 3, 1940, FDR Presidential Library & Museum, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
Stage and backdrop of the American Labor Party re-elect Roosevelt rally 1940, Kheel Center, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
