Wartime Conferences

Question 1

Background to Tehran

Answer 1

1. Roosevelt was keen to improve relations between the Allies
2. Mainly a success for Stalin
3. Roosevelt was not well and tended to side with Stalin over Churchill

Question 2

Agreements at Tehran

Answer 2

1. USSR was to wage a war against Japan once Germany was defeated
2. UN was to be set up
3. Area of eastern Poland was added to the USSR

Question 3

Disagreements at Tehran

Answer 3

1. Stalin was annoyed that the second front was delayed- thought that they were waiting until the Soviet Union had been seriously damaged by the Germans
2. Churchill was suspicious of Stalins motives- mass grave was discovered where soviets had killed 10,000 Polish officers in 1939

Question 4

Background to Yalta

Answer 4

1. To consider what to do with Germany once victory was achieved
2. Still fearful of Hitler and were therefore mostly able to agree

Question 5

Agreements at Yalta

Answer 5

1. Divide Germany and Berlin into 4 zones
2. Allow countries that have been liberated to have free elections
3. Eastern Europe would be ‘Soviet sphere of influence

Question 6

Disagreements at Yalta

Answer 6

1. Stalin wanted a friendly Polish government as a protection from Germany
2. USSR lost around 27 million people in WWII and he was determined to make USSR secure for the future

Question 7

Background to Postdam

Answer 7

1. Stalins armies were occupying most of Eastern Europe
2. Americans had tested the atomic bomb
3. Churchill had lost UK general elections and was replaced by Attlee

Question 8

Agreements at Postdam

Answer 8

1. Demilitarise and establish democracy in Germany
2. Ban the Nazi Party
3. To fully participate in the UN organisation

Question 9

Disagreements at Postdam

Answer 9

1. Stalin wanted to cripple Germany and make them pay high reparations
2. Stalin refused to give into US pressure to hold elections in Eastern European countries occupied by Soviet forces