Franklin D. Roosevelt was as a charming man. Many people knew this, but also many people saw through it. As Charles de Gaulle said, “Roosevelt showed himself eager to reach a meeting of minds, using charm rather than reason to convince me,”. Though he was charming and was nice as can be, in the winter of 1942 he felt depressed and disturbed. He tried to make e

From 1942 to 1944, Roosevelt dealt with many plans of attacks during the war. Things would continue to be delayed repeatedly. In 1942, American troops were having trouble in Tunisia were Hitler had sent extra troops to combat the Americans. Things were not going well for Roosevelt. He had hoped to meet with Stalin, and Churchill, but Stalin backed out. Roosevelt and Churchill met in North Africa were they named this place “Casablanca”. The American’s were out of sink at this meeting, getting the feeling of being a little disorganized, this was the last meeting the British had the upper hand. From here, the American’s would take control of the war. The two super powers planned for a cross-channel attack, though this attack would at least be a year away, possibly two. They planned to take back control of France, which was controlled by Hitler. In 1943, Nazi submarines inflicted serious wounds in the United States Navy. The plans for a cross-channel attack were falling apart due to shipping shortages. During these times of war, Roosevelt was imagining of reworking the boundaries of Europe. The cross-channel attack also sent fear up Churchill’s spine, this was because he believed Britain could not afford many losses of life. He was also not in favor of invading Sicily, which was Roosevelt and Eisenhower’s ideas. They finally got Churchill to agree, overtook Sicily, and began to invade France. August 17, 1941, the battle in Sicily was over. When Sicily fell, so did Mussolini out of office. From there under the new regime of Badoglio, the Italians decided to switch to the allies side. There were many questions about the faith of Russia and the fact that a mass grave was found near Smolensk. Roosevelt wanted to speak with Stalin in person, alone. Stalin also grew weary of Roosevelt because he felt as though he

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