Potsdam and Yalta decision of what to do with Germany

Question 1

What were the issues addressed at the Potsdam conference?

Answer 1

• what to do with defeated Germany
• what to do with countries formally occupied by Germany
• decide future of Poland
• How the war with Japan could be ended
• How long lasting peace could remain.

Question 2

What was the decisions of what to do with Germany at the Yalta conference in February 1945.

Answer 2

• Berlin was to be divided into four occupation zones
• Germanys eastern border was to move westwards.
• War criminals were to be hunted down and punished.
• Germany had to pay reparations

Question 3

What were the disagreements at the Potsdam conference from July- August 1945.

Answer 3

• Stalin wanted to cripple Germany to protect the USSR, but Truman did not want to repeat the mistake of the treaty of Versailles.
• Stalin wanted Germany to pay reparations, Truman did not.
• Truman did not want Stalin to set up pro soviet governments in easter Europe.
• No agreement was reached over the future of Poland.
• Truman did not want Stalin to join in in the war against Japan.

Question 4

What was decided for the future of Poland at the Yalta conference?

Answer 4

• Provisional government was to be established, including exiled London poles who fled in 1939 and pro soviet poles.
• Polands border was to be moved westwards
• Free elections were to be held.

Question 5

What were the agreements at the Potsdam conference?

Answer 5

• The polish-German border was to be Oder-Neisse line formed by two rives.
• Nazi party was to be banned
• Decision to split Germany into four zones
• Each country was to take reparations from its own zone.