1945 conferences and the emergence of the superpowers Flashcards
When was the Tehran Conference?
November 1943
What leaders attended the Tehran Conference?
Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt
What were the terms agreed on at the Tehran Conference?
Stalin agreed to its establishment at the end of the war.
included the establishment of the United Nations, the World Bank, a plan to establish free trade to bring about world prosperity, etc.
When was the Yalta Conference?
February 1945
What were the focus of the leaders at the Yalta Conference?
Stalin
negotiated from a point of military strength and was determined that the future of Poland would be controlled by the USSR.
Roosevelt
his main focus appeared to have been on the post-war world, to establish the institutions set out in the Atlantic Charter to prevent the outbreak of another world war.
What was negotiated at the Yalta Conference?
process to establish the United Nations was agreed to.
Agreement to allow democratic elections to take place in all the nations liberated from Nazi control, allowing the citizens to choose their new government, including Poland.
The Soviet Union agreed to enter the war against Japan following the defeat of Germany.
and others
When was the Potsdam Conference?
August 1945
What were the main terms of the Potsdam Conference?
An Allied Council was to be established to oversee the occupation of Germany.
Germany was to be divided into zones of occupation.
All Nazi institutions would be dissolved.
What was the issue and outcome of the Turkish Crisis of 1946?
Moscow wanted to establish bases in the Dardanelles.
USA believed USSR wanted to dominate Turkey.
USSR believed they had as much right to access it
Outcome = USA sent naval force, they backed out
What did the Molotov Plan develop into
COMECON 1949
