The Nazi Party wanted desperately to avoid conflicts in Europe. Hitler made several overtures of peace toward Britain, but hawks (Churchill specifically) would campaign to spur England into battle against the Third Reich. Russia and Germany had forged a Non-Aggression Pact, but with the advent of the U.S. alliance with Russia, while Americans were simultaneously cajoled into protecting England after hostilities commenced, Germany once again found itself in the cross hairs of American forces.