conferences Flashcards
what countries made up the big 3
russia, usa, great britain
what were the three conference’s
tehran, yalt and potsdam
what was the date of the Tehran conference and what happened
1943 - they discussed on how to defeat the nazis and what would happen to europe after the war
what was the data of the yalta conference and what happened
February 1945 - they talked about dividing Germany and Berlin 4 ways (GB, US USSR and France)
they also talked about free elections taking place in previously occupied countries. the un would also replace the failed ‘league of nations’
what was the date of the Potsdam conference and what happened
over jul, aug 1945 - they talked about the exact division of berlin and Germany (THIS CAUSED SOME ARGUMENTS)
the new boundaries of Poland were agreed
and that the Nazi leaders would be tried for war crimes in Nuremburg
what caused the leaders to meet when they did in Potsdam
the defeat of the Nazis
what stayed undecided after the Potsdam conference
although Germany would be split into 4 parts it wasn’t decided when or if the zones could remerge to form a county again
who was roosevelt replaced by
harry truman
who was churchill replaced by
clement attle
why did the replacement of roosevelt with truman cause problems
becuase truman was suspisios of stalin and the USSR and was less willing to make compromises and create deals with him
what did stalin do to make GB and US suspicion
he was employing a new goverment in poland with only pro-comunist partys which went against the agreement they made in Yalta
what was the confusion on the agreement in yalta
free elctions, US +GB thought it meant lots of political parties competing to get voted in however stalin thought it meant only comunist parties as they were the only parties that truly represented the people
