Book: The second world war

The historical fact is that - and it should be judged in historical perspective, that the decision to use the atomic bomb to force Japan to surrender, never even questioned.

In order to suppress the resistance of the Japanese and to win their country meter by meter, it was necessary to sacrifice a million American lives and half that number of lives of British, or more if we can get them here. Now all this nightmarish prospect is gone. Instead, it was drawn beautiful, they seemed the picture of the end of the war one or two strong blows.

The moral standards of modern civilization, obviously, require the winners to execute the leaders of the nation that suffered defeat in the war. This, undoubtedly, will encourage them to fight to the end in any future war, regardless of how many unnecessary casualties it would require. It will pay for masses of people that had so little affected the beginning or end of wars.

England and the United States the United now a common ideology, namely, freedom and principles set out in the American Constitution, which in light of modern changes were modestly played in the Atlantic Charter. The Soviet government adheres to a different philosophy, namely communism.

The basis of communication - a common danger, which unites the great allies, vanished instantly. In my eyes the Soviet threat has already replaced the Nazi foe..

The governments of Syria and Lebanon said that now, when the war was over, the allies will offer to evacuate all foreign troops. Started anti-French strikes and demonstrations.

For several months, Himmler tried to persuade him to join on his own initiative in personal contact with the Western allies in the hope of achieving a separate surrender. A Waffen SS General Schellenberg suggested him as mediator, count Bernadotte, the head of the Swedish red cross.

The whole territory North of the Elbe were filled with crowds of refugees and disorganized soldiers, who fled from the Russians to surrender to the Western allies.

The Soviet Union has a right to seek friendly government in Poland and will never be able to endorse the existence of a hostile government.

Seeking how I do it, a lasting friendship with the Russian people, I am however sure that it can only be based on the recognition of Russian, Anglo-American forces.

I have to thank You for all the courtesy which You have surrounded my wife during her stay in Moscow and for all the worries about her trips to Russia. We consider it a privilege awarding her the order of red banner of Labor for the work that she did to alleviate the terrible suffering of the wounded soldiers of the heroic red Army. The amount of money that she has collected may be small but it's full of love donations are not only rich, but mainly of the pennies of the poor, who were proud of the fact that weekly made their own small contributions.

As for my sources, I assure You, this is a very honest and unassuming people who carry out their duties carefully and do not intend to offend anyone.

Soviet Russia became a deadly threat to the free world. Need to create a front against its rapid progress. This front in Europe should go as far to the East.

In the course of correspondence between us revealed a difference in views on what can afford to ally against another ally, and what he cannot afford.