Tehran Conference Flashcards
When was the Tehran Conference?
November 1943
What did this meeting ultimately do to tensions?
Worsened them slightly
What can be said about the agreements and disagreements made?
Agreements made yet suspicions between superpowers still there. Agreements just made to end the war, and disagreements revealed how badly post-war Europe would be governed.
Why did the Grand alliance meet in Tehran?
To discuss a winning strategy to end the war.
Who were the main oppositions left that would threaten the alliance?
Germany and Japan
How would this meeting seal victory for the grand alliance?
The USA were struggling against Japan so they needed help in this meeting as the end of WW2 looked close to an end
What agreements were made at Tehran?
.USA and Britain would open a second front by launching an attack against Germany in Western Europe.
. Stalin promised to promised to declare war on Japan when Germany was defeated.
. Poland was given land from Germany
. International body to solve problems by discussion agreed, which became the UN.
What disagreements were there at Tehran?
. Stalin suspicious the West deliberately delayed the second front so the Soviet Union was weakened.
. Disagreed on a ‘second front’ in the Balkans where Churhcill wanted it yet it ended up being put in the West.
. Roosevelt sometimes viewed British colonialism as more of a threat to world peace than the Soviet Union
