Churchill's General Election loss and the Soviets' postwar actions in Eastern Europe further stressed the ties and effectively dismantled the relationship between Churchill and Stalin. The death of Roosevelt in April 1945 helped to extenuate existing fissures in the 'grand alliance'. Churchill was fond of Stalin and enjoyed their interplay. Nevertheless, unlike his relationship with Hitler, characterized by mutual loathing, Churchill's relationship with Stalin had the marks of respect.
And, as a life-long anti-Bolshevik, Churchill harbored few illusions about Soviet post-war intentions. Each admired the courage with which the other faced the challenge. Both men knew what it was like to have their back against the wall with Hitler in front of them. The wartime alliance formed a peculiar bond between Churchill and Stalin. "I would not have believed it possible that in a year, the Soviets would have been able to do themselves so much harm, and chill so many friendships in the English-speaking world." But, throughout the late 1940s and during his second term as Prime Minister, Churchill continued to grapple with Cold War issues.
But he did see it coming, sounded its early warning, and defined the central problems that would occupy the leaders that followed him.Ĭhurchill's speech at Fulton was the first widely recognized clarion call. Winston Churchill did not start the Cold War and he did not finish it. My faith is that in God's mercy we shall choose aright."įrom the end of World War II in 1945 to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, former allies, no adversaries, probed and challenged each other, fought "proxy wars" in remote places, and attempted to best the other without provoking a nuclear exchange. "We and all nations, stand at this hour in human history, before the portals of supreme catastrophe and of measureless reward. Winston Churchill and the Cold War Churchill and the Cold War
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