6. Churchill's view on Britain's world and his relations with War time leaders Flashcards
Which two countries did CH try and maintain allies with?
USA and USSR
What was CH and Roosevelt’s relationship known as?
‘The partnership that saved the west’
When did Roosevelt and CH first meet?
1918
3 ways in which the USA gave help to the UK?
allowed them to purchase American arms
lend-lease act giving them 50 destroyers
lent $31.6 billion to UK
Where did CH and Roosevelt’s first meeting as National leaders take place? What was signed there?
1941 in Placentia Bay
What was the Atlantic Charter?
confirmed that US nor Britain wanted territorial gains
2 issues that USA was concerned with?
That UK was focusing too much on North Africia than invasion into France
British Empire was standing in the way of world free trade
Why did USA have the upper hand on UK?
the destroyers provided to British were damaged
USA were making large profits
When did Japan attack Peral Harbour? What did this lead to?
December 1941
USA joining the war after Hitler declared war on them
In 1942 what did Churchill persuade USA away from and promote instead?
Persuaded them away from invading France and instead to focus on a joint campaign in North Africa
What was accepted by Roosevelt at the Casablanca meeting?
British strategy for invading Sicily and then Italy
Which meeting was the split between USA and Britain?
Meeting at Quebec in 1943
2 reasons why realtions between Chirchill and Roosevelt had changed after Tehran?
Roosevelt refused to meet CH privately
USA abandoned ‘Europe first’ and now focused on defeating Japan
When did Roosevelt die?
April 1945
Why had CH been so against communism?
he had disagreed with the events of the 1917 revolution
