I didn't say they should have taken military action - that would have been obviously impossible. The electorate in neither Britain or America would have stood for it. But there was leverage. We'll probably never know the full impact of Lend Lease on Russia, but it was significant. Stalin was always afraid that Britain/United States would cut a deal with Hitler - just as WSC/FDR were afraid Stalin would do. Britain went to war over Poland - and then abandoned them. All of which is irrelevant. The article's point is that Stalin made chumps out of both WSC and FDR. I think the author makes a good case. Jonathan Hayes
--- On Mon, 1/3/11, Carey Stronach <[email protected]> wrote: From: Carey Stronach <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Stalin vs. Churchill and Roosevelt To: [email protected] Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 8:43 PM #yiv730383807 p {margin:0;} What else could FDR and WSC do, start World War III just as World War II was ending? And how about the war in Asia? The atomic bomb had not been built and tested at this time, and they believed they needed Soviet help to defeat Japan. CES ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 3, 2011 11:34:57 PM Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Stalin vs. Churchill and Roosevelt Stalin was going to take it, no question. But WSC and FDR didn't have to agree. Jonathan Hayes --- On Mon, 1/3/11, Carey Stronach <[email protected]> wrote: From: Carey Stronach <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ChurchillChat] Stalin vs. Churchill and Roosevelt To: [email protected] Date: Monday, January 3, 2011, 5:23 PM #yiv730383807 #yiv730383807yiv914715257 p {margin:0;} Stalin also had the Red Army, with more than twice as many troops as the Americans, British & Canadians combined. CES ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 3, 2011 5:51:48 PM Subject: [ChurchillChat] Stalin vs. Churchill and Roosevelt Check out http://www.historynet.com/stalin-the-puppetmaster.htm Basically, it proposes that Stalin was a far better negotiator than either WSC or FDR and so was able to get everything he wanted without giving anything up. I found it a very interesting article. Jonathan Hayes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
