The Wartime Conferences

Question 1

In what year was the Tehran conference?

Answer 1

1943

Question 2

What were 3 consequences of the Tehran conference?

Answer 2

• The United Nations would be set-up at the end of WW2
• D-Day would happen in June 1944
• The Soviet Union would help defeat Japan once Germany was defeated

Question 3

In what year was the Yalta conference?

Answer 3

(February) 1945

Question 4

What were 3 consequences of the Yalta conference?

Answer 4

• Germany would be split into four zones and Berlin would be split into four, despite being in the USSR’s zone
• Germany would pay $20 million reparations
• USSR would attack Japan

Question 5

In what year was the Potsdam conference?

Answer 5

(July - August) 1945

Question 6

What were 3 consequences of the Potsdam conference?

Answer 6

• Stalin and Truman did not get on well. Truman then decided to ‘get tough’
• Germany would be demilitarised
• The USA used the atom bomb on Japan without telling the USSR.