End Of World War II Flashcards
January 1943
Casablanca Conference
Churchill & Roosevelt
Agree upon unconditional surrender of Germany
Spring 1943
Invasion of Sicily by Allied Forces
->liberation of Italy
=new southern front against Germany
November 1943
Tehran Conference
The Big Three
Stalin demands action from the western allies and the opening of a western front
Coordination of military strategy
June 6th 1944
D-day
By January 1945
Most of France & Benelux States liberated
Allies about to enter German territory via the river Rhine
January 1945
Liberation of Poland and eastern territories
(occupied by the Germans)
+concentration camps (Ausschwitz)
February 1945
Yalta Conference
Agreed to disarm Germany, to divide the country into zones of occupation, to bring war criminals to trial
April 30th 1945
Hitler commits suicide
May 8th 1945
Germanys unconditional surrender
USSR in Germany after the war
Unclear intentions
- first Germany later Europe
focused on reperations to pay war destruction in Soviet Union
France in Germany after the war
Revenge (-> 3 wars since 1871)
Interest in Ruhr and Saar
Feared germam government that would fall for Sovie influence
Didn’t sign Potsdam Agreement
=any decision that conflicted with french policy
Britain in Germany after the war
First supported dismantling but
Soviet Union became a threat
=rivised earlier strategy
=Germany as a Bulwark against Soviet Union
Britain followed USAs percepts on Germany
USA in Germany after the war
-rebuild Germany
Because if punished and not rebuild
=couldn’t fight Soviet Agression
Roosevelts concept of “one world”
- > United Nations
Troops treat Germans frimly but keep distance
Germans had to realize that destruction of Germany was their own fault
