{"id":302,"date":"2026-02-20T16:02:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T16:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=302"},"modified":"2026-04-20T22:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T22:24:35","slug":"the-impossible-alliance-part-2-episode-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/?p=302","title":{"rendered":"The Impossible Alliance, Part 2: Episode 95"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why did the Yalta Conference end the way it did? Why did Churchill try an end-run around Roosevelt? Why did Roosevelt try to curry Stalin\u2019s favour? What would this mean to post-war history?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author Giles Milton joins to discuss some of the Second World War\u2019s most perplexing questions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BB95Logo.png?resize=576%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BB95Logo.png?w=576&amp;ssl=1 576w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BB95Logo.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BB95Logo.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beyondbarbarossa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/BB95Logo.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/beyond-barbarossa\/episodes\/69d4412bb76468caac8b4d77\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/shows.acast.com\/beyond-barbarossa\/episodes\/69d4412bb76468caac8b4d77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Audio version<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/great-race-98-154868160\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/great-race-98-154868160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video version<\/a> (patrons access) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbeyondbarbarossa.ca%2F%3Fp%3D290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/k3vymi2dxd43da4x\/GilesMiltonOffPic-sm.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"GilesMiltonOffPic-sm.png\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7414337848098166;width:256px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Author Giles Milton<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/hp575jcyx8bjjxza\/StalinAffairCoverMed.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"StalinAffairCoverMed.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6507244836504057;width:267px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">His latest book, The Stalin Affair: The impossible alliance that won the war<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/3ymtv2g7khn5mq64\/BigThreeYalta3.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"BigThreeYalta3.jpeg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.320138496672642;width:505px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Big Three: Soviet Premier Josef Stalin, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/3e68acmcrfjpa37d\/KathleenHarriman.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"KathleenHarriman.jpeg\" style=\"width:281px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kathleen \u201cKathy\u201d or \u201cPuff\u201d Harriman, daughter of Roosevelt\u2019s right hand and Ambassador to the USSR in 1945, Averell Harriman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/yktqdctdi99yizdk\/Harriman.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Harriman.jpeg\" style=\"width:411px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Averell Harriman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/xh7t6nd5nrjfq3sx\/PamelaChurchill.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"PamelaChurchill.jpeg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.501508211373031;width:486px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pamela Churchill, WInston Churchill\u2019s daughter-in-law in 1945, and later, Mrs. Averell Harriman<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/kg35qrcw23jpgwbn\/stalin_churchill1944.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"stalin_churchill1944.jpeg\" style=\"width:472px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stalin and Churchill at the Moscow Conference, 1944<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/ay9zs6h2k9h4h2mf\/Last-Photograph-of-Franklin-D-Roosevelt.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Last-Photograph-of-Franklin-D-Roosevelt.jpeg\" style=\"width:323px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Franklin Roosevelt in 1945<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Map 1: The division of Germany after May 1945<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcdn.podbean.com\/mf\/web\/y8ud8pangk69vmje\/AlliedOccupationInGermany.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AlliedOccupationInGermany.png\" style=\"width:550px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Map 2: Invasion of Poland, 1939<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/ministry-of-secrets\/id1700550232\">Ministry of Secrets<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why did the Yalta Conference end the way it did? 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