The Second World War left a sad mark. But it is also known for great politicians who, no doubt, made certain adjustments to its course. So, Winston Churchill, who was twice elected to the post of Prime Minister in Great Britain, had his own plans and calculations regarding the USSR.
A bit from the biography of Winston Churchill
Before taking the post of Prime Minister of Great Britain, Churchill needed to strengthen his position in the world political arena. He was one of the few politicians who openly declared the danger of peace with Germany, for which the then acting Prime Minister Chamberlain advocated. It was the latter who pursued a policy of agreement with Hitler, which allowed Germany to get the Western and Central parts of Europe.
Even arriving in the 1920s as Secretary of State, monarchist W. Churchill was very worried about the coming of Bolshevik power in Russia and repeatedly advocated military intervention at a time when the Civil War was raging in the country. With the formation of the USSR, the Secretary of State began to overestimate the role of the young continental state altogether, feeling in its proletarian power a threat to Europe in general and England in particular.
Since 1936, Churchill increasingly worked with intelligence data on the mood in Germany, he intuitively felt that a threat should be expected from the radical views of its leaders. His first actions as prime minister were the annulment of agreements on a peaceful life with Germany, Churchill began to establish relations with countries such as the USSR and the United States.
According to Churchill, it was the USSR that was the main initiator of causing confusion in Hitler's efforts to get Eastern Europe, which meant that only the Union could help defend the sovereignty of small European states. For this, the corresponding Ribbentrop-Molotov pact was signed.
Churchill and Stalin
Even before the Second World War began, Churchill kept secret correspondence with Stalin, in which he repeatedly spoke about the possible danger in the person of Hitler, thereby trying to get a powerful ally - the USSR.
Stalin was very wary of Churchill. The Englishman knew this and tried to turn the tide, in numerous letters to Stalin in 1941 he said that a strong and tough leader had become the head of Russia, and therefore he considers it possible to create an excellent alliance of the two countries.
Although Churchill was an opponent of communism, he understood that without such an alliance he could hardly save his country. Therefore, in May 1942, an alliance agreement was already signed between Great Britain and the USSR.
Liberation campaign
After the main allies were found, the Churchill government began to liberate the territories of the Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East, but on the territory of Europe itself, Soviet soldiers were to get rid of Hitler's troops. The USSR government repeatedly raised the question of opening a second front, but Churchill was in no hurry. When Russia in the summer of 1943 began to very quickly recapture territory and move westward, Churchill realized that the time had come for the British and American military to invade western Europe.
During World War II, Churchill managed to combine three positions in his person at once: Secretary of Defense, Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons. In addition, it was he who transferred the work of parliament to a military regime and himself worked around the clock.
Historians claim that Sir Winston accepted the defeated military allies into the ranks of his army, placing them under his banner.
When the world war ended, W. Churchill sent a message to the USSR, where he congratulated on the victory and said that mutual understanding and friendship should be constant companions in the future of the two countries. And six months later, he will already praise Stalin and say that he never pursued an anti-Russian policy, while it is known for certain that both before the war and during it Churchill had many agents on the territory of the Union, he received reports almost daily. Curiously, even after he left the political arena, Winston Churchill still closely followed the former proletarian ally.
