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===Ambassador to United Kingdom===
In 1941, Roosevelt appointed Winant ambassador to Britain, and Winant remained in that post until he resigned in March 1946.<ref name=NYTobit/> In a 2010 book, ''Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour'', the author [[Lynne Olson]] described Winant as dramatically changing the U.S. stance as ambassador when succeeding pro-[[appeasement]] ambassador [[Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr]]. Upon landing at [[Bristol]] airport in England in March 1941, Winant announced, "I'm very glad to be here. There is no place I'd rather be at this time than in England." The remark heartened a country that had come through the [[Battle of Britain]] and was in the midst of [[The Blitz]], and it was featured dramatically on the front pages of most British newspapers the next day.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}
The new ambassador quickly developed close contacts with King [[George VI]] and Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] even though the U.S. was providing only military aid and the Axis was not yet at war with the U.S.<ref>Olson, Lynne, ''Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour'', Chapter 1 (2010, Random House, 496 p.). [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123231825 Report with excerpt "Chapter 1: There's No Place I'd Rather Be Than In England"]. [[National Public Radio]], ''[[All Things Considered]]'', February 3, 2010.</ref> Winant, according to the book, had an affair with Churchill's second daughter [[Sarah Churchill (actress)|Sarah Churchill]] during that time.<ref name="NPR01">[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123231825 Report with author interview at time of publication of ''Citizens of London: The Americans Who Stood with Britain in Its Darkest, Finest Hour'' by Lynne Olson (2010, Random House, 496 p.)]. [[National Public Radio]], ''[[All Things Considered]]'', February 3, 2010.</ref>
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