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Entry: FDR vs. Churchill Link: http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/fdr_vs_churchill#28243 Post contents: Although Roosevelt initiated the Unconditional Surrender directive, there is no doubt that Churchill was 100% behind him. Neither man had any clue as to what Europe would appear politically after the carnage was over. The only thoughts that drove them on was their bitter hatred of Germany and their desire for its total destruction, the heck with the rest of Europe. This is proven by their refusal to demand any concessions from Stalin in return for the U.S. bankrolling his war against Germany. This was perhaps the second--after Unconditional Surrender--greatest blunder these two armchair warriors committed during their conduct of the war. They wouldn't let a little thing like Polish--or Baltic-- independence stand in the way of supplying Uncle Joe with all the Lend-Lease help he needed in his war against Germany. I haven't read Nesbit's book, but giving Churchill--or anyone, for that matter--the benefit of the doubt over Roosevelt is faint praise indeed. Sent at: 2009 01 08