The Election Of 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt vs. Thomas Dewey
Intro: Hello and welcome back to another edition of the presidential election series as I'll be going over the election of 1944, it's the first presidential election since 1916 that sees a major war taking place in the background and Franklin Roosevelt is looking to make some history once again...Let's get into it. The United States Enters World War II As you may recall from the previous article on the 1940 election, Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecendented third term to remain President of the United States while also campaigning on the promise that he wouldn't get the country involved in World War II...but those plans changed following the events of December 7th 1941. On this day, the Empire of Japan launched kamikaze attacks on the U.S. Naval base, Pearl Harbor on the island of Hawaii with around 2,400 dead, thousands more injured and numerous navy ships were destroyed. The attacks took many Americans by surprised and this led to the incumbent president, Frankl