http://www.historynet.com/stalin-the-puppetmaster.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:25:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.historynet.com/stalin-the-puppetmaster.htm#comment-403345 Harry Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:56:43 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13682940#comment-403345 It would be wrong to say that deep down Churchill and Roosevelt trusted Stalin. But they were in a situation where they could not defeat Hitler on their own without help from Stalin's army. The human cost would have been unbearable politically to them. Stalin on the other hand had no such problems; he was accountable to himself only. Particularly at that stage of war, they were also looking to Soviet Union’s help in defeating Japan. Notwithstanding the claims of extreme right wingers, that they gave too much. concessions, Churchill and Roosevelt played their card well. Therefore they should be credited with saving Greece, Italy, Czechoslovakia from Communism, It would be wrong to say that deep down Churchill and Roosevelt trusted Stalin. But they were in a situation where they could not defeat Hitler on their own without help from Stalin's army. The human cost would have been unbearable politically to them. Stalin on the other hand had no such problems; he was accountable to himself only. Particularly at that stage of war, they were also looking to Soviet Union’s help in defeating Japan. Notwithstanding the claims of extreme right wingers, that they gave too much. concessions, Churchill and Roosevelt played their card well. Therefore they should be credited with saving Greece, Italy, Czechoslovakia from Communism,

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