Grand alliance conferences

Question 1

When was the Teheran conference and who was there?

Answer 1

1943: Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin

Question 2

Give two agreements made at Teheran.

Answer 2

Any two of the below:

• To wage war on japan
• Open a 2nd front
• To set up a united organisation

Question 3

What was the key disagreement / tension at Teheran?

Answer 3

Stalin wanted control over Poland but the others didn’t support this

Question 4

When was the Yalta conference and who was there?

Answer 4

February 1945: Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin

Question 5

Give two agreements made at Yalta.

Answer 5

Any two of the below:

• Punish Nazi war criminals
• Democracy across Europe
• Divide Berlin and Germany into 4 zones

Question 6

What were the two key disagreements about at Yalta?

Answer 6

• How much reparations for Germany would be

- The Poland borders

Question 7

When was the Potsdam conference and who was there?

Answer 7

July 1945: Truman, Atlee and Stalin

Question 8

Give two agreements made at Potsdam.

Answer 8

Any two of the below:

• Reparation price was set
• The fate of Poland (free elections)
• Banning of the nazi party

Question 9

What were the key disagreements / tensions at Potsdam? (Give two)

Answer 9

Any two of the below:

• Leaders had changes therefore there were new dynamics causing suspicions and tensions
• The USSR were excluded from the secret about the atomic bomb
• Stalin wanted a communist government in Poland and was unhappy with the decisions made about free elections.

Question 10

Aside from the conferences, what three main tensions were there within the grand alliance?

Answer 10

1) USA wanted to rebuild Germany whereas the USSR wanted punishment
2) ATOMIC BOMB - new technology was a big threat for the superpowers
3) Opposing ideologies (Communism and capitalism)