For the Ages: A History Podcast

Three Days at the Brink: FDR’s Daring Gamble to Win World War II

06.06.2022 - By New-York Historical SocietyPlay

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Bestselling author and Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier, in conversation with David M. Rubenstein, illuminates the complex character of Franklin D. Roosevelt through three essential days in Tehran, Iran during November of 1943. Roosevelt, alongside Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, met in secret for the first time to chart a strategy for defeating Hitler, and made essential decisions that would direct the final years of the war and its aftermath. 

Recorded June 4, 2021

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