The Conferences Flashcards
1
Q
What were the three conferences (in order)?
A
- Tehran
- Yalta
- Potsdam
2
Q
Who were The Big 3 at Tehran?
A
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
3
Q
Who were The Big 3 at Yalta?
A
Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin
4
Q
Who were The Big 3 at Potsdam?
A
Attlee, Truman and Stalin
5
Q
What was agreed upon at Tehran?
A
- The USA and Great Britain would attack in Western Europe
- The USSR would declare war against Japan and help the US in the Pacific Theatre AFTER the war was won in Europe
- The Allies would land in France by 1944
6
Q
What was agreed upon at Yalta?
A
- Germany to be split into 4 zones (USA, France, Britain and the Soviet Union)
- Germany to pay $20,000,000,000 ($20 Billion) in reparations, half of that going to the Soviet Union
- Nazi party banned
- War criminals prosecuted
- A United Nations to be set up
- Stalin joined war against Japan
- Future Eastern European governments decided in free elections
- Poland regain it’s 1921 borders
7
Q
What was agreed upon at Potsdam?
A
- The four zones in Germany would share an economy
- Berlin also divided into 4 zones
- Each country takes reparations from the zone it controls
- Soviet Union allowed to take 1/4 of other zones industrial equipment
8
Q
What did The Big 3 disagree on at Tehran?
A
- Churchill wanted the second front to be in the Balkans but Roosevelt agreed with Stalin that it should be in France
9
Q
What did The Big 3 disagree on at Yalta?
A
- Stalin wanted all 16 Soviet states individual in the UN, France and the USA only gave Russia, Belarus and Ukraine membership
- Stalin expected Poland to become Communist, Churchill wanted the non-communist London Poles (Polish politicians who set up a government in London) to win
10
Q
What did The Big 3 disagree on at Potsdam?
A
- Stalin wanted heavy reparations, but Truman thought this would damage the German Economy too much.
- Truman against the Soviet Union’s rule over “liberated” countries
- Truman wanted a Poland with a less communist government
11
Q
When was Tehran?
A
November 1943
12
Q
When was Yalta?
A
February 1945
13
Q
When was Potsdam?
A
July 1945
