The article analyzes the evolution of the strategic views of the US President F. Roosevelt and the British Prime Minister W. Churchill in December 1943 — April 1945, i. e. from the consequences of the Tehran Conference of the “Big Three” up to the death of the American President and the end of the war with Germany. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the role of Western leaders in the evolution of relations with the USSR and the impact of the problems of developing the foundations of the post-war world order on the solution of military issues. On the basis of the analyzed material, it is noted that the decisions of F. Roosevelt and W. Churchill were of significant, often decisive importance in the formation of national and coalition strategies at the final stage of the war. By the end of the war, the British leader's ideas and decisions were still based on traditional British imperial strategy and the concept of the “balance of power”; he assessed Stalin's actions as a policy of a considerably strengthened great power that wanted to actively participate in the post-war division of the world. The president's strategic thinking was based on the desire to create a global American-centric political and economic system; it relied on an adequate assessment of the balance of the potentials of the great powers andan understanding of the need to maintain a “policy of partnership” with Moscow, including
the post-war period, in order to implement its plans. These views of Roosevelt became decisive for the evolution of the military-political coalition strategy and relations between the Western powers and the USSR at the final stage of the war with Germany.
For citation: Potapov S.A. Evolution of F. Roosevelt's and W. Churchill's views on war strategy (December 1943 — April 1945): in search of mutual compromises, Ivanovo State University Bulletin. Series: Humanities, 2024, iss. 3, pp. 116—126.