The Pros And Cons Of The Atlantic Charter

The Atlantic Charter and the Percentages Agreement were both major document between members of the “Big Three” that would affect many countries without the input of any other countries. The Atlantic Charter was agreed on in August of 1941 during a highly secretive meeting between Great Britain, Winston Churchill, and the United States, Franklin Roosevelt about post-war objectives. They outline eight key points to ensure, in their eyes, that the world would be at peace and that countries could profit. This Charter was similar to the Percentage Agreement between the USSR leader Stalin, and Great Britain’s Prime minister Churchill in agreement to divide the amount or percentage of influence in the Balkan region. Once again there was no representation

The idea of bombing with the quick “one-two” punch strategy for the maximum shock value to demoralize the Japanese struggle and end the war with less loss of US lives. The question remains that was the bombings were needed with Japan’s ability to fight on dwindling. The US Interim Committee debated that the bombs were the only option left to end the fighting spirit of the Japanese, but Japan was in communications with Soviet Union in hopes of possible negotiation’s or mediations to help end the war. The Committee dismiss the communications as a ploy or false information and continue on with plans to bomb after Japan’s rejection for unconditional surrender and US control within Japan. Logically, the bombing can be seen as war crimes because of the sheer numbers of death and destruction caused by the bombs when Japan was seeking clarification on the status of keeping their Emperor after surrendering and the communications with Soviet Union. The US could have seen the communications with the Soviet Union as Stalin gaining more power than the US as the country that would help end the war. And that the US want to demonstrate their weapon as a determinate to the Soviet Union, but this power of the A-bomb increased the US’s ability to be flexible in negotiations and being less willing to compromise causing increased tension during the Cold War. The

Stalin had a viciously suspicious man who coined the concept of “enemy of the people.” (Khrushchev’s Secret speech, cold war documents, 87) Khrushchev in his speech bring up the effects of Stalin’s personality had on the progression of the Soviet Union like the falsification of cases in the provinces of innocent Communists, the empty information of spies everywhere, and to the doctor-plotters that Stalin has tortured confessions out of eminent Soviet Medical practitioners. (Khrushchev’s Secret speech, cold war documents, 87-89) Khrushchev’s secret speech for the 20th Party Congress did not stay secret for long, manuscripts were sent out to communist countries and even found its way into America. This speech was the fuel for anti-Soviet uprisings and resentment which led to the uprising in Poland and in Hungary in 1956. In order to lead the Soviet Union on a peaceful path that coexisted with the western world the image of Stalin needed to be squished to allow diplomatic relations with countries that were alike and not alike in the