Who was the greatest leader of world war 2? Stalin? Hitler? Churchill? FDR?

Answer 1

I would say FDR and Churchill are the greatest leaders of World War 2, without favoring one over the other.

FDR and Churchill had a very close relationship (akin to Bush-Blair). But they hotly disagreed at times. Churchill wanted to keep Great Britain's colonies after the war. FDR was against this. "Great Britain should let go of her colonies and give them self-determination to rule themselves. The real threat to peace is the inequality among peoples. The fact that people consider themselves masters of other people is the situation that create wars.
The creation of a United Nations charter where every nation are equally represented will bring forth a lasting peace and harmony in this world".

The UN of today is far from what FDR originally intended, in that only the interests of the major powers are served by it, with very little representation from small nations.

Another disagreement between Churchill and FDR is the iron-hand treatment on Russia. FDR wanted to treat Russia fairly, to give Russia a very kind and honest treatment. "To make Russia realize that our intention is not of hostility toward her. We must prove that the free world can co-exist with Russia peacefully". Churchill thought otherwise. Russia should not be trusted in any way. "Russia is friendly only while she can extract concessions from us. But once she's got what she wanted, she will stab us in the back". The post-war realisation of the "Iron Curtain" eventually proved Churchill right on this one, long after FDR's death.

Answer 2

Churchill, definitely. Dictators don't make great leaders because they're usually surrounded by yes-men and don't see the mess they're making until it's too late. Churchill, under dire circumstances, kept his head and kept Britain's spirit strong throughout the war. He offered the French government asylum in England when the Germans occupied France. He came into the war before England was even a target (FDR only came in when directly provoked by Japan) because he saw where Hitler was going and knew it was the right thing to do.
And look at the peace that he helped negotiate after the war. After the shambles that'd been made of Britain, he helped to rebuild Germany in order to ensure there'd be no cause for the Germans to fight again.

Answer 3

Definitely not Stalin or Hitler. I think to be considered the "greatest" you have to be on the side of good. I just finished a book on FDR, and he seemed like a good man and a successful leader. I have not really read up on Churchill, but my sense is that he was the greatest of these men. I think you have to keep in mind that England endured a lot more of the war (in terms of years) than the U.S. did, they endured bombings of their own land and threats of invasion, and they did a lot of it in the early years without a lot of help.

Answer 4

Not stalin or Hitler?
That's debatable, especially for Stalin.

Without the Soviet aid in World War II, Hitler could have defeated Britian and France, than swing toward the US with the help of Japan.

Hitler made the mistake of attacking Stalin and got himself into a two front war.

As for Stalin. He did create Russia into the superpower in the Cold War, and helped change a highly fuedal economy into the communistic one.

Answer 5

you're surely surprising. Stalin's tyranny agains his very own human beings/humanity is relatively documented interior Russia. And his 'cleansing' regulations nevertheless permeiate in the time of Russia, even at the instant. merely as a facet observe: whilst Lenin replaced into loss of existence, he reported that he did not desire stalin to pass the celebration. He by no ability depended on Stalin and reported that Stalin replaced into not for the individuals. yet all this is lost heritage, that's the unhappy section approximately Russian. each and every Russian family individuals has a heart-breaking tale to tell with regard to the revolution, WW2, and the stalin years.

Answer 6

F.D.R..