Book: The second world war. Page 1

I don't use no exaggeration, no flowery compliments, when we say that we believe the life of Marshal Stalin most precious treasure for our hopes and our hearts.

By the end of December, the Hungarian capital was completely surrounded, and within six weeks it was the most violent during the war street battles.

I clearly saw that communism would be the danger that civilization will have to face after the defeat of Nazism and fascism.

Battle in the West is fierce; the mud is terrible.

It was the Russian army that tore the guts out of the German war machine and at the moment is holding back on its front is incomparably the greater part of the enemy forces.

I felt an urgent need to see Stalin, with whom, as I have always believed, you can talk like a human.

The aspirations of Russian increased. Communism raised its head behind the victorious Russian front. Russia was the Savior of communism - a gospel that she is carrying.

The political life of other countries to understand even more difficult than the political life of their country.

In the fall of 1942 the Americans had only three carriers. Through the year there were fifty, and by the end of the war more than a hundred.

I really wanted us to beat the Russians in some areas of Central Europe. The Hungarians, for example, has expressed its intention to resist the Soviet advance, but they surrendered to British troops.

The glorious and gigantic victories, won by the French troops of the United States and England, have significantly changed the situation in Europe, and it may well be that the victory won by our armies in Normandy will Eclipse in its grandeur all Russian reached in any individual case.

They say that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. The question arises: "What is freedom?" There are some quite practical and simple criteria, which in our time is in peace you can get the answer to this question, namely:
Is there a right of freedom of expression and opposition and criticism of the existing government?
Whether the people the right to topple a government, which he did not approve, and whether there were any constitutional means by which the people may exercise their will?
Whether the courts from violence by the Executive and from threats of the crowd to use violence and if the courts of any connection with the individual political parties?
Whether to apply the same rules for both poor and rich, both for individuals and for government officials?

We obviously are approaching the moment when you need to start an open explanation with the Russians about their Communist intrigues in Italy, Yugoslavia and Greece. I believe that relationships with them are becoming every day more difficult.

The Germans in the evolving environment will not be able to fight on two fronts. They will soon have to decide whether they throw their main forces to repel attacks from the East or to repel attacks from the West. Knowing what to expect from Russian invasion, it is possible that they decide to concentrate their forces on the Russian front. This will facilitate our task in the West.