wartime conferences Flashcards
yalta date
February 1945
yalta planned to discuss…
winning the war + post war Europe
If Stalin could keep the territory he’d won as a cushion for future invasions
yalta Agreements made
germany would be split into zones controlled by each power
UN would be set up
Nazis banned + war criminals prosecuted
Future Eastern European countries would have free elections
yalta Disagreements
British wanted the London Poles to govern poland
borders of poland and where they would be
Stalin wanted the free elections to support a pro communist government
tehran date
november 1943
T plans
way to defeat germany + japan in ww2 and end of war
what would happen to germany and countries east of it
agreements T
USA + britain launch attack on west germany opening second front
stalin declar war on japan and supply soviet troops to help the usa fight it
international body would be set up for negotiations
T disagreements
soviets thought USA/Uk delayed opening second front to make soviets more weak
churchill wanted to open front in balkans not west (outvoted)
Potsdam date/place
July 1945 just outside berlin
tensions at P
new US president ( roosevelt died and replaced by Truman)
USA exploded an atomic bomb on test site before conference ( nuclear threat)
little evidence that stalin intended to allow free elections in germany
disagreements P
where boundaries between zones would be drawn
how much USSR should take in reparations
agreements P
germany divided into four zones
german economy would be run as a whole
Berlin divided into four zones run by four countries ( inside soviet area)