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Absolutely. By the time of the end of Yalta conference (Feb 1945) they realised they had been severely naive. Those who think Churchill was hungry for war in
by emmelaich 9y ago
Absolutely. By the time of the end of Yalta conference (Feb 1945) they realised they had been severely naive.
Those who think Churchill was hungry for war in 1939 should marvel at his savage pragmatism after the war.
- arethuza 9y agoChurchill was always pragmatic when it came to the Soviets: "If Hitler invaded Hell, I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons." Churchill even had war plans created in 1945 with the aim of freeing Poland and other Eastern European countries from Soviet control - of course there was no real chance of these ever being used: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Unthinkable
- oxymoron 9y agoAnd I recall reading that he was quite active in making the Polish government-in-exile acquiesce to Soviet demands. A bit like Chamberlain on the question of Czechoslovakia perhaps?