Churchill International Diplomacy
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- Churchill's views on Britain's world and imperial roles
- Churchill and International Diplomacy
- Churchill manage his relations with other wartime leaders
- Churchill and Roosevelt
- US enters war
- Japan attacked US Pearl Harbor, led to Hitler declaring war on Us
- Churchill went to US straight- good impression
- supported policy 'Europe first'
- Grand Alliance
- US forces entered UK
- Grand Alliance
- Hostility between the 2- as UK was close to FR and US wanted to invade France- disputes hence US turned to Stalin
- Japan attacked US Pearl Harbor, led to Hitler declaring war on Us
- US support but non-intervention
- Neutrality act allowed purchase of US arms.
- Lend lease act- aided BR with 31.6 bil DLS
- Anglo-naval co-operation
- US took gold reserves as security
- US got large proftt
- Lend lease act- aided BR with 31.6 bil DLS
- only congress can declare war
- Neutrality act allowed purchase of US arms.
- 'the partnership that saved the west'
- their relationship started badly- 'stinker' - RVT
- US enters war
- Churchill and Stalin
- Russia performed well in 1941-2 winter in the war= TP
- Churchill still disliked Russia
- Percentage Agreement
- To stop Russia from being like Hitler
- Russia got Poland eastern territories- UK couldn't fo anything about it
- Inspired by Spheres of Influence
- To stop Russia from being like Hitler
- decent relationship
- Percentage Agreement
- Churchill still disliked Russia
- Russia performed well in 1941-2 winter in the war= TP
- Churchill and De Gaulle
- Churchill love France- even offered Alliance +_air resources after Dunkirk against advice from RAF
- however French saw BR retreat as Betrayal
- De Gaulle was complicated- he was not a political leader
- Rocky relationship
- Churchill love France- even offered Alliance +_air resources after Dunkirk against advice from RAF
- Churchill and Roosevelt
- contributions did Churchill make to the wartime international conferences
- Yalta Conference shaped post war EU
- speech made Stalin remain a ally but had to accept all arangements for dividing Germany eventhoug he wanted to save Poland
- 1943 his contributions became less important VS before he influenced US to join the war
- Personality was a Major Factor- his travels showed energy and commitment- attended 16 meetings
- was still considered a junior partner
- Bullied by Roosevelt at Tehran Conference 1943
- was still considered a junior partner
- Yalta Conference shaped post war EU
- Churchill's plans for post-war Europe + attitude to post-war Europe and the empire
- Plans for Post war Europe
- hoped that Anglo- US friendship would be the basis of peace and stability in post war EU
- Atlantic Policy
- Maintain Empire
- Greater interest in the Balkans and the eastern Mediterranean spheres of influence that in relations with western EU
- in favour of harsh measures against GE
- The division of Germany
- hoped that Anglo- US friendship would be the basis of peace and stability in post war EU
- Attitude to post war Europe
- Problems
- Post war BR struggled economically and defence cost to be a key player was high
- many were sceptical about the value other countries could add
- contradicts the idea of unity in his ICS
- defied the idea of Britain's traditional freedom of action
- Problems
- Plans for Post war Europe
- significance of the 'iron curtain' speech 1946
- March 1946 Churchill had speech in USA
- soviet-dominated eastern Europe - 'the iron curtain countries'
- Stalin saw this as hostile
- created international tension
- Cold war
- initially started by Truman US - to contain the threat of USSR expansion of communism
- argyued to be irresponsible 'poisonous' according to Newspapers.
- people wanted to return to peace
- Cold war
- influenced a policy of containments of communism
- hardening attitudes to the west & East
- But also showed some understanding to USSR- often ignored
- hardening attitudes to the west & East
- soviet-dominated eastern Europe - 'the iron curtain countries'
- March 1946 Churchill had speech in USA
- Churchill manage his relations with other wartime leaders
- Churchill saw the war as a conflict between Democracy, Freedom, civilised and christian values VS Nazism and dictatorship
- BrR had to protect its values/ use violent repression in their empire
- Churchill held on to Br role as imperial power
- BR had alliances with USSR & USA- Big Three
- Played a major role in determining the way the war was fought
- did this without having used a large land forces to EU- achievement
- No support from Empire needed
- did this without having used a large land forces to EU- achievement
- Br persuaded US to defeat GE first, wage war in the Mediterranean, and not open a second front
- Played a major role in determining the way the war was fought
- BrR had to protect its values/ use violent repression in their empire
- Churchill and International Diplomacy
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