the grand alliance Flashcards
the grand alliance was made up of the big three allies from ww2-britian,the usa and the USSR. they were united by their desire to defeat nazi germany , but as the war ended tensions emerged.
the big 3 discussed europes future at tehran and yalta
- in 1943 the grand alliance held an conference in tehran . the talks mainly focused on plans to defeat the nazis. but the allies also started to discuss what would happen to europe and germany after the war.
the grand alliance made more decisions about the future of europe at the yalta conference in february 1945 , what were they
. free elections would be held in previously occupied countries in eastern europe
=the allies had different ways of a free election. to the USA it meant lots of political parties competing for votes
.but for stalin believed only communist parties should run in elections.
.the united nations would replace the failed league of nations
postdam revealed the first cracks in the grand alliance
After germany surrendered in may 1945 the allied leaders met again at the postdam over july and august. they wanted to work on the finer details of their plans for germany and europe.
some important agreements were made at postdam
.the new boundaries of poland were agreed
.the big three plus france would divide germany and berlin between them
.nazi leaders would be tried for war crimes at nuremburg
however some things remained undecided
- for example, germany would be divided into four zones, but the allies didnt decide if , or when the zones would rejoin and form a country again.
- Britian and US were slso alarmed by stalins actions in poland= he had installed a government consisting of only pro-communist members. Britian and US felt this went against the yalta agreement
The USA and the USSR had very different ideologys
the tension between the usa and the ussr was partly caused by there very different beliefs . the USSR was communist , while the USA was capitalist.
