Kennedy had used his visit to tell his fellow Americans, in public statements, that Hitler would win the war against the British and that the conflict involved no moral issues. He was back now in London, conscious of British disapproval and a new instruction from the Foreign Office to all government departments warning them to confide nothing to the American Ambassador.
We are so used to the idea that the allies won World War II that we never consider that victory was not a foregone conclusion. In fact, it appeared that Hitler would triumph with his blitzkriegs, disciplined troops, and war machine.
