Assess the view that Stalin was justified in distrusting his wartime allies during 1941-45

During the Second World War, three leaders: Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill came together – they were known as the Grand Alliance – to face the enemy that they all had in common. Although through issues, such as differing ideologies and previous tension a mistrust between Stalin and his allies emerged. The passages suggest that Stalin was both justified and justified to be suspicious of his allies. No definitive conclusion can be draw as to Stalin was justified in his distrust as the evidence does not solely point in one direction. Therefore it would be wrong to assume that this view is either justified or not due to a lot of contradicting evidence.
In Passage A, Wolfson stresses the importance of taking a long time to prepare even a moderately sized invasion force to take on the German counterparts. He described it as the ‘most elaborate invasion plan ever’ and gave examples of special equipment, such as artificial harbour and the PLUTO system, that would first have to be organised even before an initial invasion began to take shape. An exceedingly large number of air crafts and ships would have to prepared and assembled before the invasion could take place. Wolfson stresses how it was the best equipped and largest military force than had been seen and therefore the preparations would take a long time.
On the other hand Passage C offers an alternative view to the situation at the time. In 1942 Russia lost an extortionate amount of people through just a single battle – more than the total American casualties for the entirety of the Second World War. Lightbody argues that Stalin proposed the Second Front to help reduce the already substantial losses that he had suffered. He also puts forward the point that the landings were intentionally delayed so that Germany would