This is CBS Isle of the World, I'm John Bachelorette with Professor Sean McMekin.

His new book is Stalin's War, a new history of War War II.

Stalin setting the imperialist states against each other, tear each other up and outgobble

up territory.

Except Stalin was out of equipment, weapons, food in order to continue the fight.

So he came to depend almost like a child on the arsenal of democracy.

The arsenal of democracy run by FDR and the American people.

However, we come to troubles, especially early 1942-43, in which FDR and Churchill make

a deal, although it was Eisenhower who did it.

With the French commander of the North African forces, a man who switches side, goes from

being a fascist sympathizer to an American sympathizer.

His name was Darlon, it's an obscure detail of history.

But it did bother FDR, I learned from the professor a lot.

So we come to January 1943, the Casablanca conference in North Africa.

Stalin does not attend.

Churchill's there, Roosevelt's there.

Sean, why does FDR announce unconditional surrender?

Well, it's a great question, John.

And the Darlon deal and the kind of almost political stench surrounding it.

It definitely has something to do with this.

And part because Roosevelt was used to the conservative Southern Democrats and the Republicans

attacking him for various things from the quote-unquote right.

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