Wartime conferences

Question 1

What were the three conferences held between 1943 and 1945 to discuss the future of the world after WW2?

Answer 1

Tehran
Yalta
Potsdam

Question 2

What was agreed at the Tehran Conference in 1943?

Answer 2

I.The Grand Alliance agreed to cooperate.
II.The USA and GB would invade Nazi occupied France at the earliest chance.
III.the USSR would attack Japan.
IV.They would set up the UN.

Question 3

What was agreed at the Yalta Conference in Feb 1945?

Answer 3

I.Germany would be split into four zones and Berlin would be split into four, despite being in the USSR’s zone (meant to be temporary)
II.USSR would attack Japan
III.German war criminal would be punished
IV.Free elections in occupied countries
V.Free elections in Poland

Question 4

Who replaced FDR as President of the USA for the Potsdam Conference?

Answer 4

Truman (suspicious of Communism and did not like Stalin)

Question 5

What created tension at the Potsdam Conference in Jul-Aug 1945?

Answer 5

I.Change of leaders
II.Stalin wanted influence in Poland
III.The USA used the atom bomb on Japan without telling the USSR.

Question 6

When did the USA use the atomic bombs on Japan and what war ended as a result of their use?

Answer 6

August 1945, during the Potsdam Conference. WW2 came to an end.

Question 7

Name the consequence of the Yalta Conference that affected Britain

Answer 7

I. It was clear that USA and USSR were the superpowers leaving Britain to feel ‘isolated’
II. USA and USSR made all big decisions about the future e.g future of Germany + who would get influence over which countries

Question 8

Name the consequence of the Potsdam Conference that affected Germany

Answer 8

I. Democracy brought back to Germany
II. Could vote + no longer a dictatorship (unlike Nazis)
III. To make USSR feel better about this, they agreed that they could take reparations from (USSR’s) East Germany