The Big Three and the Diplomacy of World War Two
 
The German menace that threatened the world between the years of 1933 and 1945 brought together one of the greatest concentrations of power in history. The Grand Alliance between the leaders of Great Britain, the United States, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, respectively Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, was one of necessity. The relationship between these men, known as The Big Three, was calculated by each of them according to the timely needs of their nations, and the rapid shift from friendship to animosity once the German threat subsided is an interesting example of how realism and diplomacy work.
Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin outside Livadia Palace, Yalta, February 1945

Elana Kimbrell

World Politics - Fall 2001

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