1.2 Yalta

Question 1

What were ACC’s?

Answer 1

Allied Control Commissions
- Set up in each occupied territory
- Administered a territory

Question 2

Yalta agreements regarding Germany

Answer 2

• Each power allocated its zone
• Berlin divided under Four-Power control

Question 3

When was Yalta?

Answer 3

4-11 February 1945

Question 4

Yalta agreements regarding security

Answer 4

• UN was established
  ‘ Declaration of Liberated Europe’
• Underpin the right of liberated states to have their own government
• Committed Grand Alliance to carry out emergency measures to assist liberated states and encourage democratic governments

Question 5

Agreements on Poland at Yalta

Answer 5

• Poland and agreements were made on ambiguous terms
• Poland’s border to run along the curzon line
• They’d receive land in Germany as compensation
• Reorganise the provisional government by including democratic politicians from both Poland the the London government in exile

Question 6

Conclusion of Yalta agreements regarding Poland

Answer 6

Reorganise the provisional government by including democratic politicians from both Poland the the London government in exile

Question 7

Stalin after Yalta

Answer 7

• Security was the objective
• Wanted to maintain some cooperation with the West
• Believed Poland was essential
• Focused on Eastern Europe maintaining within Soviet sphere of influence
• Wanted Germany economically weak and communist state in the future

Question 8

Roosevelt following Yalta

Answer 8

• Wants to keep democracy
• Keep peace with the USSR
• Wanted Eastern-Europe to be non communist and democratic

Question 9

Churchill after Yalta

Answer 9

• Believed Soviets could be threat to Britain’s empire
• Close alliance with USA to cut out threats

Question 10

Disagreements over the Security Council

Answer 10

• Whether the veto should be used
• USSR wanted the veto
• USSR attempted to spread influence by having 16 member republics of the USSR should be UN members

Question 11

What happened at San Fransisco in April 1945 - Subsequent UN meeting?

Answer 11

• Veto given
• Only 2 soviet republicans (Belarus and Ukraine) were given seats in Assembly in addition to 1 of the whole Soviet Union