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It wasn't on the surface the greatest foundation on which to build a close relationship.

One of the parties involved was pretty needy.

It was 1940 and Britain and its empire were bearing the full brunt of Hitler and his Axis allies on sort. German armies had triumphed. Britain was under terrible pressure,

and there was one very clear source of support, of money, of manpower,

of guns, one place that seemed to offer a glimmer of hope. And that was the United States of America.

No one understood the importance of getting America into the war on the British side than Winston Churchill,

the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. And he made it almost his number one priority to woo the USA,

to bring them in to a close embrace, an embrace that has since been described as the special relationship.

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