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Atlantic Crossing

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Season 2021 Episode 1

Norwegian Crown Princess Martha and her husband Prince Olav visit U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt in 1939. A year later they must flee the Nazi invasion of their country.

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The president’s health takes a bad turn. Olav faces rocky relations with Martha.
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A Nazi agent slips through the cracks. Martha travels to England and gets a shock.
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As America enters the war, people grow suspicious of Martha’s ties to the president.
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Martha uses dinner-table tactics to help Norway. The president gets on dangerous ground.
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Martha is pressured to exploit her friendship with the president.
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President Roosevelt extends a special invitation to Martha and her children.
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Martha and her children take refuge in Sweden, but a Nazi threat still looms.
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