Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill and Truman with Michael Dobbs
Please allow 30 minutes in order to clear security at the National Archives
When Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met in Yalta in February 1945,
Hitler’s armies were on the run, and victory was imminent. The Big Three
wanted to draft a blueprint for a lasting peace—but instead they set the
stage for a forty-four year division of Europe into Soviet and Western
spheres of influence. After fighting side by side for nearly four years,
their political alliance was beginning to fracture and a new struggle
for
global hegemony was underway Author and journalist* Michael Dobbs*,
in *Six
Months in 1945* brilliantly captures this momentous historical
turning
point while illuminating the aims and personalities of
larger-than-life
political giants. A book signing will follow the
program.