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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was president.



FDR (Franklin Roosevelt) was our president during WWII and The Great Depression.
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The United States formally entered World War II in December of 1941 with the surprise attack of Japan on Pearl Harbor (Hawaii). At that time, and lasting until his death in early 1945, Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as President of the country.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945) was the 32nd President of the United States (March 4, 1933 - April 12, 1945) and was president from the start of World War II.

He even delivered it's "commencement" speech the day after the attacks on Pearl Harbor.

President Roosevelt would not live to see the end of WWII; he died less than a month (May 8, 1944) before victory was won for the Alllied Forces.

The president at the end of the war was Harry S Truman.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) died in the middle of it, then Harry S. Truman finished the war by dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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