In their conference in Washington, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were guided by a great fact: success in Russia and victory in Africa had guaranteed the division of the enemy.
Less than a year ago, Germany was reaching across Africa and into the Caucasus, preparing to strike at Suez. A huge pincers movement threatened to put the entire Middle East in Axis hands. Japan, victorious in Burma, stood at the threshold of an almost defenseless, politically confused India. The enemy had a very good chance to join hands; the result might easily have been...
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