May 22, 2017
(via British and Soviets argue over ‘Second Front’)
The war’s new alliance between Britain and Soviet Russia found formal expression with the signing of a treaty when a Soviet delegation met Churchill in London, before travelling on to see Roosevelt. Behind the scenes the Soviets were arguing for much more Allied action, preferably the opening up of a ‘Second Front’ in Europe, to divert German resources away from the Eastern Front.