He also denounced "isolationism" and took a staunchly "pro-British" position in between the "fall of France" in the summer of 1940 and the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, during which time Great Britain was essentially alone.
He strongly opposed "seclusion" and maintained a fervent "pro-British" position between the German capture of France in the summer of 1940 and the Nazi attack on the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, when Britain stood almost alone.