[wideawake]

"I hope Marshal Stalin would again propose a toast to the execution of 50,000 officers of the German army."

What a sickening statement.

FDR was filth.

[RexBeach]

Didn't Churchill walk out of the meeting when FDR said that? Joking or not?

[association330]

"What a sickening statement.

FDR was filth."

At least he had the sense to realize that we had a stake in the outcome of WWII, against the raging anti-war protests of 85% of America at the time.

Not trying to defend the man - some of the stuff he did I totally disagree with. But at least he wasn't a truly modern, RDDB pacifist Dem.

[Snidely Whiplash]

"I hope Marshal Stalin would again propose a toast to the execution of 50,000 officers of the German army."

What a sickening statement.

FDR was filth.

If you'd bother to read the documents about Yalta, instead of just swallowing the Kool-Aid Mrs. Schlafly fed you, you'd see it was a joke. Stalin proposed a toast to the execution of 50,000 German officers. Churchill expressed his dismay. In a lame attempt to lighten the mood, FDR proposed a toast to the execution of *49,000* officers. The humor is slight, but it's there..."Oh, Winnie, you don't want us to kill 50,000 German officers? Okay...how about 49,000?"

In any case, Stalin backed off the idea, despite being told that the US Army would likely support such a draconian measure. Stalin claimed he was just kidding, but Churchill never was convinced he was.

Right about then people were pretty mad at Germany for their little adventure in Europe, and were looking for ways to stop such a thing from happening again. I don't have a lot of sympathy for the Germans - they basically got what they deserved (except the rape and pillage business that the Red Army did). The fact that Stalin benefited post-war sucks, because he was every bit the monster Hitler was, but the Germans started the damned war, not the Russians, and 30,000,000 Russian soldiers and civilians died because of Germany's aggression.

SW