International Diplomacy during World War II

This article discusses the motives and achievements of big powers during World War II, including the policies of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin, and their impact on international diplomacy.

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The World War II politics had been started since the Great depression of 1929. It became
a political as well as economic advantage for United States to get more economic capitalisation
on the European market. At the same time Britain and Russia also played their part individually
in order to be the absolute power in European region. Therefore, this discussion encompasses all
the motives and purposes of the big powers and their achievements in this context.
As far as the policy of Franklin D. Roosevelt was concerned, it can be argued that he
initiated a direct action policy in contrast to previous US President Woodrow Wilson.
Roosevelt’s action was more direct and revealed the direct ally with Britain. Moreover, he
introduced the Lend-Lease policy that helped the allied forces to get direct military and
economic assistance from US (Iriye 2014). As a matter of fact, it can be advocated that most of
the war policies were taken by Roosevelt himself including the Europe first policy. In this
regard, the collaborative policy of Roosevelt was very unique and it was interrelated with allied
forces (Bell 2014).
As a result of that United States gained more leverage in the international diplomacy.
During the war, Roosevelt ostensibly became the absolute power with huge popularity. It can be
stated that the presidential term of Roosevelt during the great depression made him the most
powerful political figure across the globe because of his achievement in the economic boosts
(Iriye 2014). This political overpower made United States one of the most powerful countries in
the world that led to the politics of bi-polarism.
On the other hand, Churchill was an important figure during the Second World War. The
adaptation policy with in-depth experience in the world politics made Winston Churchill one of
the greatest political leaders of that time. Before the initiation of the war Britain was starting

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appeasing Germany to a great extent that it caused another war. At that time Churchill was
anticipated such political turmoil and was against appeasing Germany to such extent. In addition
to this, the aggression of Japan towards Manchuria and the German attitude towards the
neighbouring states did not satisfy him and Churchill wanted more political imposition on
Germany (Hunter 2016). The bravery and courage that Churchill possessed encouraged the
British youths explicitly and as a result of that it was also seen during the Second World War. As
a result of that the British Royal army succeeded to restrain the German attack within the
Western front and ensured the security of the British mainland (Bell 2014).
During the Second World War Joseph Stalin made some exclusive measures that made
the country the sole power in Eastern Europe. In this context, the Molotov-Ribbentrop
nonaggression pact was the most effective measure that Stalin proposed to Hitler in order to not
entangle into the War (Borelli 2017). It was a strategic measure that brought more time for
USSR to prepare for the War. It led to gain more power for USSR after the end of the World
War II and initiated the Cold War politics.
It can be argued that the leadership quality and the international diplomatic understanding
helped all of them to make a better strategic advantage during the war. Moreover, the political
agreements and treaties tied them up in a single thread to deal with all the political interests
accordingly.

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