Liam O'Mara IV, PhDNov 28
The #TehranConference began on #ThisDayInHistory in 1943. The first #BigThree meeting of #Stalin, #Churchill, and #FDR, it committed the US & UK to opening a second #WWII front in the west. The location was seen as safe because of the joint Anglo-Soviet invasion of #Iran in 1941.
Show threadKevin Karhan Aug 28, 2025
@georgetakei The only negotiations facists got was "Conditionless Surrender or face total annihilation" as per #TehranConference decision!
Show threadjackhutton πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJan 8, 2023

β€œWhat matters more, he realizes that the Russians see this too. It would be useless to try to take a firm line with Stalin. He will be able to do as he pleases. Will he become a menace to the free world, another Hitler? The P.M. is appalled by his own impotence.”

Excerpt From
Hitler and Stalin
Laurence Rees

#hitlerandstalin #rees #tryants #tehran #1943 #WWII #fdr #churchill #stalin #tehranconference

Show threadjackhutton πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJan 8, 2023

β€œMoran believed he knew why Churchill felt this way. β€˜Until he came here, the P.M. could not bring himself to believe that, face to face with Stalin, the democracies would take different courses. Now he sees he cannot rely on the President’s [Roosevelt] support.

#hitlerandstalin #rees #tryants #tehran #1943 #WWII #fdr #churchill #stalin #tehranconference

jackhutton πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJan 8, 2023

Different take on the chummy relationship between Churchill & Roosevelt..
β€œ[..], Churchill was sufficiently depressed during the [Tehran November 1943] conference to have a late-night vision of devastation. β€˜I believe man might destroy man and wipe out civilization,’ he told Lord Moran, his doctor. β€˜Europe would be desolate and I may be held responsible.’

#hitlerandstalin #rees #tryants #tehran #1943 #WWII #fdr #churchill #stalin #tehranconference