Friendly Fire: The Secret War Between the Allies

by Lynn Picknett, Clive Prince, Stephen Prior

Friendly Fire investigates the intrigue and treachery between—and within—the nations that were ostensibly allies during the Second World War. It asserts that the Allied war effort was more concerned with the balance of power in the postwar world than with the defeat of Germany and Japan. These machinations allegedly prolonged the duration of the war by as much as two years. Based on extensive research, this study contains information obtained from key archives as well as the testimonies of those individuals actively involved in the events. The result is a provocative re-evaluation of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, and the real agenda behind the formation of the postwar world—and the consequences for us all.

Genres: History

512 pages, Paperback

First published November 4, 2004

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a brilliant and well-researched book that challenges the mainstream historical narrative on the motives and relationship between the Allies during WW2.

Here are a few interesting things I was surprised to learn:
- British intelligence ran deep operations in the USA to control newspapers, gallop, and the RNC to influence the 1940 election heavily
- Leading up to the war, despite being an isolationist to the public, FDR, behind the scenes did everything in his power to provoke Japan & Germany in hopes of getting the USA into the Second World War.
- Rudolf Hess flew over the channel to Scotland in 1941 on a mission to make peace with the British
- FDR deliberately slowed down the Allied advance towards Berlin to let the Soviets take German territory
- The USA shipped 1/2 of its Uranium supply, along with other A-Bomb materials to the Soviet Union in the last year of the war as part of the Lend-Lease program.