On this episode of Our American Stories, at the beginning of 1941, Britain stood virtually alone against Hitler while the United States remained bitterly divided over whether to enter the war. But across the Atlantic and Pacific, events were rapidly pulling America closer to the fight.

The late historian Stephen Ambrose shares the story of a fateful year and America’s precarious diplomatic balancing act as war raged around the globe. It all came to an end with Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, which suddenly united a divided nation and brought the United States into World War II.

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