Tehran conference Flashcards
What were the dates?
28th November - 1st December 1943
Where did it take place?
Tehran, Persia (modern day Iran)
Who were present?
The “big three”:
Franklin D Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
What were its aims?
To plan the reconstruction of Europe after WW2
Name the disagreements?
Big Three all has different ideas on Germany’s future:
Stalin wanted Germany punished
Roosevelt and Churchill believed cause of WW2 was Germany’s economic crisis after WW1 and believed Germany needed to be rebuilt
Name the agreements?
Agreed there should be spheres of influences (areas controlled by a powerful country around them). Eg USSR’s sphere of influence in Eastern Europe where communism would be respected, and American and British sphere of influence in Western Europe where capitalism would be respected.