A murderous dictator, a megalomaniac, a psychopath – I’ve heard Joseph Stalin described as many things but never as a pet possum. That’s what Archibald Clark Kerr, Britain’s Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1942 to 1946, saw in the Soviet leader: “a possum you would get very fond of, against your better judgement, but would have to keep a sharp eye on, lest he nip you in the buttocks out of sheer mischief”. Archie, as the maverick diplomat was called by everyone, met Stalin in March 1942. Smo
(Dec. 1, 2023) Today, 80 years ago, “The Big Three” — U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Sir Winston S. Churchill and Soviet leader, Marshal Joseph Stalin —
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