That's a blatant distortion of the truth,Marlene and a blatant pro-American bias if ever there was one.Roosevelt had all the power and held all the cards on the Western side at Yalta.Churchill was very much the junior partner amongst the three. Churchill may have acquiesced in helping to hand over Eastern Europe to Stalin's sphere of influence (they had little choice as Soviet troops were in occupation of most of it anyway) but Roosevelt was the one who called the shots and made the big decisions for them both.He may have been physically frail but his policy towards the Soviet Union had not varied from the moment he first regarded them as allies in 1941. I am no particular fan of Churchill but I cannot stand back and let you try and pin the entire blame for the postwar Yalta Settlement on him alone! Utterly ridiculous and utterly untrue!
: Britain, the USA and the Soviet Union were
: allies during the war, although I would use
: the word ally loosely for the Soviet Union.
: The SU had a plan - and it wanted a greater
: sphere of influence in Europe and Churchill
: -- and Churchill (Roosevelt was not a well
: man) allowed it to happen.
Britain was exhausted,shattered and dependent on US goodwill for being at Yalta at all.Roosevelt and Stalin used to gang up on Churchill and laugh at him and tease him behind his back (sometimes to his face).Churchill was in no position to enforce his will about anything.He could only advise and try to influence events.But Roosevelt trusted Stalin more than Churchill did (he referred to him fondly as 'Uncle Joe') and dismissed any misgivings Churchill had about him as the ravings of an old-fashioned British imperialist.I would go as far as to say that Roosevelt even trusted Stalin more than he did Churchill!
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