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Roosevelt opposed Churchill’s plan to rid central Europe of Russian control. Roosevelt was enamored of Stalin and gave him the eastern bloc, resulting in a tyranny and a cold war that lasted 40 years.
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While true, there were a lot of things at work there. Churchill wanted to defeat Germany by encircling them and ultimately marching on Berlin from all sides, including the east. The advantage of this plan was that it would put most of Europe under U.S./English control - freezing out the Soviets. The down side is that it was goign to take much longer and consume more resources.
On the other hand, Roosevelt knew he had a limited amount of time to finish the war in Europe so that he still had time to take the war to Japan before the American people began to sour on the war. He therefore favored the direct approach to Berlin, even if it meant ceding Eastern Europe to the Soviets.