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Poland vs. Russia & Germany: Did Churchill Pick the Right Enemy?
26
Mar
2024
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
In June 1941, with Russia invaded and America still neutral, Churchill was desperate for allies. Until 1939, the Russians had not moved beyond their own territory. He had long concluded that Germany not Russia was the main expansionist threat. No one could see far ahead, yet no one worked harder than he for Poland’s independence after the war, and those efforts are on record.
“Churchill Always Admired and Offered Peace to Mussolini”
06
Feb
2024
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
One tends to say polite things about a nation’s leader when he has promised to pay your country a lot of money. Things changed when Mussolini declared war on the Allies in June 1940. Three years later he was deposed, and Churchill told Parliament. “The keystone of the Fascist arch has crumbled.” Long before then, Mussolini had long gone from “renowned chief” to “hyena” in the Churchill lexicon.
Great Contemporaries: George Marshall and America at War (2)
05
Jan
2024
1
By RAYMOND A. CALLAHAN
Despite sharp wartime differences, the British never forgot George Marshall. At the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, as he entered Westminster Abbey representing the United States, the vast congregation stood as a mark of respect. When he was hospitalized and dying in 1959, Churchill (by then “Sir Winston”), on a visit to Washington, accompanied President Eisenhower to see him. He left Walter Reed Medical Center with tears in his eyes.
The Churchill Day Book for 1943: Turning of the “Hinge of Fate”
17
Nov
2023
By BRADLEY P. TOLPPANEN
The year 1943 was the final turning point of the Second World War. At 69, Churchill’s schedule saw relentless activity and 147 days abroad. He worked from morning to the small hours. He met staff and advisors, read cables, correspondence, communiques, newspapers, government reports, intelligence data. He chaired meetings of numerous committees, the most important being the War Cabinet. Churchill wrote his own speeches, corresponded and met with world leaders, most importantly Stalin and Roosevelt.
Churchill and the Presidents: Harry S. Truman (2): Postwar Shadows
04
Sep
2023
By FRED GLUECKSTEIN
“Your great country and mine are founded on the fact that the people have the right to express themselves on their leaders, no matter what the crisis.... We are in the midst of grave and trying times. You can look with satisfaction upon your great contribution to the overthrow of Nazism & Fascism in the world. ‘Communism’ so called, is our next great problem. I hope we can solve it without the 'blood and tears' the other two cost. May God bless and protect you.” — Harry Truman to WSC, July 1948.
Michael Collins: “Tell Winston we could never have done anything without him”
29
Jun
2023
By MICHAEL McMENAMIN
The “common understanding” between Churchill and Collins was the Irish Free State as a free, self-governing Dominion, the same as Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Against them were arrayed the Conservative Party “die-hards,” Sir Henry Wilson and Andrew Bonar Law, and the anti-Treaty IRA hard-liners. Eamon de Valera exhorted the latter to wade through “the blood of some of the members of the Government.”
Farrell: Earle Delivered Unwelcome News, and Paid the Price
24
Mar
2023
1
By WARREN F. KIMBALL
We cannot understand wartime diplomacy without examining the goals and thought processes of the leaders involved. Was the goal in Europe to defeat Nazi Germany or to prevent Russia from subjugating Poland and half the continent? Amid the chaos and commitments of world war, Roosevelt and Churchill opted for peace and hope, not another war.
Dudgeon or Duty? Churchill’s Absence from the Roosevelt Funeral
30
Oct
2022
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill is not here to recall in his thoughts. There is no doubt he was faced with one of the statesman’s painful decisions. There was, after all, a World War going on, but the Allies were closing on Berlin. The end might come any day. Yet there is no doubt about his bereavement.
The Atomic Bomb and the Special Relationship: Part 1
01
Feb
2022
Kluger and Evans on the Atlantic Charter: Less Than Meets the Eye
25
Jan
2022
Ghost in the Attic (2): Churchill, the Soviets and the Special Relationship
03
Jun
2021
By WARREN F. KIMBALL
“This essay on importance of relations with Stalin in shaping the Churchill-Roosevelt relationship, is a brief historical gem.” —Nigel Lawson
Ghost in the Attic (1): Churchill, the Soviets and the Special Relationship
27
May
2021
By WARREN F. KIMBALL
Did Churchill turn somersaults over the Soviets? Yes and with good reason. We understand events better through good historians, and hindsight.