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Roosevelt delivers Fireside Chat explaining the Atlantic Charter

President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the nation by radio to explain and promote the principles of the Atlantic Charter he and Winston Churchill had issued earlier that day.

The broadcast helped publicize and legitimize the Atlantic Charter’s vision for postwar order, rallying American public support for Allied cooperation and shaping U.S. wartime and postwar objectives.

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