How Did Roosevelt's Failure To Support The Development Of China

Marks maintains that Roosevelt was not assertive regarding the partitioning of Germany, he failed to speak up regarding the details of reparations to be repaid by Axis combatants, and he failed to sufficiently address concerns regarding trials for prisoners of war. Marks strongest criticism of Roosevelt was regarding his failure to support the return of the exiled Polish government. He points out that Stalin deliberately paused his Russian forces at the Vistula River before entering into Warsaw, resulting in the virtual extermination of the underground pro-Western Polish forces by the retreating Nazis, thus removing potential future pro-democratic leaders of the Polish government. Churchill strongly urged Roosevelt to support an airlift to rescue the patriotic Poles, but Stalin flatly denied access to either British or American planes to land at nearby airfields. Roosevelt was more concerned with potentially unsetting Stalin, who Roosevelt feared would not support detailed provisions under negotiation at Dumbarton Oaks concerning development of the League of Nations, the makeup of its membership, and voting procedures. Roosevelt’s hands off approach with Poland extended
Instead, Roosevelt undermined Chiang politically by shipping less than 10% of foreign aid promised, failing to provide promised amphibious support for the Burma Campaign, rerouting away from China pledged bomber support in India, and failing to keep prior pledges to China to restore Manchuria and the key ports of Dairen and Port Arthur. In fact, Chiang was astounded when Roosevelt declared at Tehran that the port at Dairen would become an international port, subject to the Soviet’s “preeminent interests” in the area, and allowed the Soviet Navy a 99-year lease on Port