Yalta

Question 1

Describe the Yalta conference

Answer 1

• Feb 1945
• Met in Yalta in the Uk.
• Stal,Roose, Church.
• Agreed on dividing Germany
• Disagreed on Poland

Question 2

4 Agreements reached at Yalta

Answer 2

• Stal. agreed 2 b involved in war vs. Japan
• free elections (EE)
• Find + pros. war criminals
• EE soviet sphere of inf.

Question 3

Explain the agreement about Japan

Answer 3

• Involve in war aft. Ger. surrenders

- rewarded with land in East Asia

Question 4

Explain the agreement about elections

Answer 4

• aft. countries lib from German occup.
• free and fair elections
• can happen in one month

Question 5

Explain the agreement on war criminals

Answer 5

• Punish for genocide

- major murderers tried at international court

Question 6

Explain the agreement on Eastern Europe

Answer 6

• 20 million soviet sold. dead

- Wanted buffer states

Question 7

Explain the attitutude of Roosevelt?

Answer 7

• -> More doveish–> war
• ->Wanted democracy in Eastern Europe
• ->Trusted Stalin
• -> Wanted USA and USSR on good terms

Question 8

Explaain the attitude of Churchill?

Answer 8

• ->Susp. of date of free elections(concerned)
• -> Didn’t want too much land to be given to Poland(+ wanted to protect)
• ->Eager 4 free elect.

Question 9

Explain the attitude of Stalin

Answer 9

• ->20 million dead
• ->Needed buffer zones(security-focused)
• ->Keep Polish territ. (benefit from NS pact)
• ->esp. worried about Poland

Question 10

What was disagreed about Poland?

Answer 10

–>USSR expand into some Poland

Question 11

Explain the disagreement about Poland

Answer 11

• -> Stalin argued Poland could move border westwards
• ->Churchill unhappy
• -> knows Little power ‘cus red army authority in Pol. +EG
• ->so convices Roose.
• -> w/ promise of non-int. in Greece