HSTR 370 Lecture 1: October 26
2 Dec 2016
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Churchill wanted to keep britain safe at all costs would. Roosevelt wanted to decolonize the great empires at the end of the war, argument was that new states would ensure peace (more capitalist democracies for the united states to trade with) Wanted to replace great britain as the permanent western power. Arcadia conference sets out the structure of the anglo-american decision making for the war, and sets up allied strategy. Churchill appointed deputy chiefs to be able to make political decisions in america. Chur(cid:272)hill (cid:449)a(cid:374)ts to go through the (cid:858)soft u(cid:374)der(cid:271)elly(cid:859) of europe, (cid:271)eat the ger(cid:373)a(cid:374) for(cid:272)es i(cid:374) North africa, and then go up through italy. Oose(cid:448)elt (cid:858) we are (cid:374)ot fighti(cid:374)g for the british e(cid:373)pire, (cid:449)e are fending to defend the. The peripheral strategy: we attack the axes on their periphery. Tied to this strategy of amphibious and land attacks, while the air force weakling germany from within.
