Germany.
...to Defeat Germany first.
to defeat the japanese first and then turn attention to the germans
Japan
Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met at the Yalta Conference in February 1945. The conference took place in Yalta, a resort town on the Crimean Peninsula. They discussed plans for the post-war reorganization of Europe, strategies to defeat Nazi Germany, and the establishment of the United Nations. This meeting was crucial in shaping the geopolitical landscape of the post-war world.
The only country they both had in common of defeating were the Germans. Althouth the British also fought Japan and Italy.
France had already fallen, Russia was holding it's own, so the US's strategy was to SAVE England (Great Britain) FIRST (Europe also), then defeat Japan. A LARGE part of this strategy stemmed from Churchill's constant lobbying efforts with US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Had it not been for Churchill's efforts, Roosevelt may have had his Admirals & Generals do as they wished...as was attacking Japan in retaliation for their attacks on the United States. The people of the United States wanted to fight Japan...Roosevelt & Churchill were guided to fight Germany first (to save Great Britain).
Meeting of FDR, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin, in February 1945 at an old Tsarist resort on the Black Sea, where the Big Three leaders laid the foundations for the postwar division of power in Europe, including a divided Germany an territorial concessions to the Soviet Union.
The "Atlantic Charter". The meeting was in Argentia Bay, Newfoundland, Canada in August 1941, less than four months before Pearl Harbor. The "Atlantic Charter" was an agreement to devote the energies of Britain and the US, if the US became involved in the war, to defeating "Germany first". Churchill and Roosevelt believed that Hitler represented the greatest menace to the world (though the Japanese were certainly doing their part) and when the US got into the war 85% of the US war effort was directed at the defeat of Germany until the war in Europe ended.
At the Tehran Conference in 1943, the Big Three—Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin—had differing views primarily on the strategy to defeat Nazi Germany and the post-war landscape. Roosevelt and Churchill favored a more aggressive approach in Western Europe, while Stalin pushed for a second front to relieve pressure on Soviet forces. Ultimately, they agreed to coordinate their military efforts against Germany and to discuss the future of Europe, setting the stage for subsequent conferences that laid the groundwork for post-war order.
According to Winston Churchill, the battle against Germany was not just a struggle for military dominance but a fight for the very survival of democratic values and freedom. He believed that the outcome would determine whether tyranny or liberty would prevail in Europe and beyond. Churchill emphasized that the stakes were high, as the defeat of Nazi Germany was essential to preserve civilization and protect the rights of individuals against oppressive regimes.
defeat hitlor