The Road To Pearl Harbor, 1919-1941 poster

Basic Info

First Air: January 15, 2002

Status: Returning Series

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 16

Last Episode

Name: FDR and Hitler: The Dynamics of Power

Season: 1, Episode: 16

Air Date: 2002-04-02

Both Hitler and Roosevelt appreciated the value of mass communications. FDR began his series of "fireside chats" to reassure and inform the people while Hitler assigned Josef Goebbels as Minister of Propaganda to control the public through radio and rallies. F.D.R. wished to stabilize the economy and restore confidence to the people. Hitler began rearmament in hopes of national expansion.