The Yalta Conference Flashcards
When was the yalta conference?
Feb 1945
Whi attended the yalta conference?
Stalin, Roosevelt and churchill
What was german meant to pay and particularly to who?
Reparations particularly to the USSR
What was the united nations going to be?
A universal organisation
What did the USSR gurantee on the eastern borders of europe and what was permitted in poland?
Friendly government and permitted free elections in poland
What was agreed about the USSR and japan?
The USSR would join the war against japan three months after the german war ended and would gain asian territory in return
What was german going to be divided into?
Four zones each administered by an allied power and berlin would be divided into four zones with the USSR taking the most part
Where was a reparation commission going to be created in?
Moscow
Who was 50% of german reparations going to go to?
The soviet union
What was the most important issue confronting the big three at yalta?
Poland, its borders and the formation of a new polish government
What government did stalin want in poland?
The lublin government which included many communist and individuals sympathetic yo the soviet union to form the new basis of the government in poland
Why was stalin so concerned with poland?
Because he never wants russia to be invaded by hostile forces through poland
What lind of government did chruchill want?
A free polish government based in london
