[frogjerk]

he would have handled the war similarly to FDR, but would have given Stalin everything he wanted after the war

that already happened. When we did not enter Berlin and allowed the Soviets to occupy it as we stood back it was a disaster that cost us the rest of the 20th century.

[Verginius Rufus]

The US and Britain had already agreed on giving the eastern sector of Germany, including Berlin, to the Soviets to occupy, so if we had rushed to get to Berlin first we would have pulled back afterwards--and a lot of Americans would have died in the taking of Berlin. The Soviets took Berlin, but let the US, UK and France have the agreed-upon zones of West Berlin to occupy.

FDR at Yalta believed Stalin's promise of free elections in Poland. I don't think anyone at that time foresaw such a large part of Eastern Europe coming under the control of satellite regimes.