Read Chapter 22 as well as the http://www.worldfuturefund.org/Documents/russia.us.1942.htm
Once all reading is complete, respond to the following items:
Why does Molotov believe a “second front” should be opened in 1942?
If such a front is opened, what does Molotov predict?
If such a front is not opened, what does he fear might occur?
Given that a second front in France was not opened until June, 1944, what do you think the effect of that delay may have had on longer-term U.S.–Soviet relations?
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