Superpower Relations and Cold War

Question 1

When was the Tehran Conference?

Answer 1

November 1943

Question 2

When was the Yalta Conference?

Answer 2

February 1945

Question 3

When was the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 3

July 1945

Question 4

What happened at the Tehran Conference?

Answer 4

Leaders: Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill
Agree: Open a second front, Declare war on Japan, Future of Germany was discussed
Disagree: Poland’s borders, Stalin grew suspicious due to the delay in opening the second front

Question 5

What happened at the Yalta Conference?

Answer 5

Leaders: Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill
Agree: 4 zone division of Germany, Free elections, United Nations formed
Disagree: Polish Government, Stalin wanted communist governments but others wanted free elections.
Was the beginning of the breakdown in trust

Question 6

What happened at the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 6

Leaders: Truman, Stalin, Attlee, Churchill
Agree: Confirmed the German borders and its demilitarisation, Nazi leaders put on trial
Disagree: Reparations and the future of E.Europe, Stalin was angry at not being told of the US Atomic Bomb

Question 7

What did Churchill claim there was between the west and east and why

Answer 7

Due to the spread of communism and loss relations, Churchill claimed there to be an iron curtain