“..If you read Churchill’s bio, he sounded like he was way to lenient with old Joe ..”
What else was he going to do? The UK armed forces were a spent instrument. US was going home & Churchill knew it. No American President was going to suggest possibly starting a war against Joe. He was a “good guy” and ally! We spent 4+ years telling the public that! The only people that could have done anything was us and we chose not to.
Right-and in the Churchill bio’s, the old guy actually liked Stalin, at first. That changed.