James Holland
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They just want to get Germany done and dusted. And there is going to be no stomach for fighting Stalin. So what the line is at the end is going to be the line. And they can say, we want to have free foreign elections. And Stalin can go, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. But they all know that's not going to happen. The other thing to point out is by this stage, Roosevelt is a very, very sick man.
They just want to get Germany done and dusted. And there is going to be no stomach for fighting Stalin. So what the line is at the end is going to be the line. And they can say, we want to have free foreign elections. And Stalin can go, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. But they all know that's not going to happen. The other thing to point out is by this stage, Roosevelt is a very, very sick man.
I find it absolutely astonishing that the Americans agree to hold it in Yalta. Just by virtue of the travel. They should have pushed back on it and said, no, we'll meet in Malta or we'll meet in America. So they should have gone to Washington.
I find it absolutely astonishing that the Americans agree to hold it in Yalta. Just by virtue of the travel. They should have pushed back on it and said, no, we'll meet in Malta or we'll meet in America. So they should have gone to Washington.
I find it absolutely astonishing that the Americans agree to hold it in Yalta. Just by virtue of the travel. They should have pushed back on it and said, no, we'll meet in Malta or we'll meet in America. So they should have gone to Washington.
The guy was at the edge of death. He's on the edge of death. So his arteries are furring up. Yeah. And so that is what's weakening him. I mean, he's 63 when he dies. Have you seen pictures of him at the artery? He looks like an 80-year-old. You know, he is absolutely spent, this titanic figure with his extraordinary visions for peace. Mm-hmm. which he's been working on since the 1930s.
The guy was at the edge of death. He's on the edge of death. So his arteries are furring up. Yeah. And so that is what's weakening him. I mean, he's 63 when he dies. Have you seen pictures of him at the artery? He looks like an 80-year-old. You know, he is absolutely spent, this titanic figure with his extraordinary visions for peace. Mm-hmm. which he's been working on since the 1930s.
The guy was at the edge of death. He's on the edge of death. So his arteries are furring up. Yeah. And so that is what's weakening him. I mean, he's 63 when he dies. Have you seen pictures of him at the artery? He looks like an 80-year-old. You know, he is absolutely spent, this titanic figure with his extraordinary visions for peace. Mm-hmm. which he's been working on since the 1930s.
You know, the Good Neighbour Policy, Four Freedoms of January 1941, the Atlantic Charter of August 1941, Bretton Woods, the creation of the IMF, an international monetary fund, the World Bank. This idea that he is absolutely wedded to that...
You know, the Good Neighbour Policy, Four Freedoms of January 1941, the Atlantic Charter of August 1941, Bretton Woods, the creation of the IMF, an international monetary fund, the World Bank. This idea that he is absolutely wedded to that...
You know, the Good Neighbour Policy, Four Freedoms of January 1941, the Atlantic Charter of August 1941, Bretton Woods, the creation of the IMF, an international monetary fund, the World Bank. This idea that he is absolutely wedded to that...
Low tariffs, free trade, prosperous neighbors means a prosperous nation for America in which America can dominate and be the number one and richest nation in the world through others' prosperity. And also the historical truth that prosperity breeds peace, financial disharmony breeds war.
Low tariffs, free trade, prosperous neighbors means a prosperous nation for America in which America can dominate and be the number one and richest nation in the world through others' prosperity. And also the historical truth that prosperity breeds peace, financial disharmony breeds war.
Low tariffs, free trade, prosperous neighbors means a prosperous nation for America in which America can dominate and be the number one and richest nation in the world through others' prosperity. And also the historical truth that prosperity breeds peace, financial disharmony breeds war.
Right. Well, it's going to happen in the free world, but it's not going to happen behind the Iron Curtain. You know, the balance of power has changed. Stalin was a rabbit in headlights when the Germans invade Soviet Union in June 1941. He recovers his metal in pretty quick order. And thanks to... predominantly U.S. lend-lease, he's turned the corner.
Right. Well, it's going to happen in the free world, but it's not going to happen behind the Iron Curtain. You know, the balance of power has changed. Stalin was a rabbit in headlights when the Germans invade Soviet Union in June 1941. He recovers his metal in pretty quick order. And thanks to... predominantly U.S. lend-lease, he's turned the corner.
Right. Well, it's going to happen in the free world, but it's not going to happen behind the Iron Curtain. You know, the balance of power has changed. Stalin was a rabbit in headlights when the Germans invade Soviet Union in June 1941. He recovers his metal in pretty quick order. And thanks to... predominantly U.S. lend-lease, he's turned the corner.
I mean, Russian listeners won't like me for saying this, but the encirclement of the German sick farmer at Stalingrad in Operation Uranus is thanks to the 78,000 U.S. trucks and lorries and other vehicles that enabled him to do that, because otherwise they wouldn't have been able to do it.
I mean, Russian listeners won't like me for saying this, but the encirclement of the German sick farmer at Stalingrad in Operation Uranus is thanks to the 78,000 U.S. trucks and lorries and other vehicles that enabled him to do that, because otherwise they wouldn't have been able to do it.
I mean, Russian listeners won't like me for saying this, but the encirclement of the German sick farmer at Stalingrad in Operation Uranus is thanks to the 78,000 U.S. trucks and lorries and other vehicles that enabled him to do that, because otherwise they wouldn't have been able to do it.