Yalta conference

Question 1

when was the Yalta conference

Answer 1

february 4 1945 –> february 11 1945

Question 2

what was discused at the Yalta conference

Answer 2

decide what was to be done with germany after it was defeated

Question 3

What did stalin gain from Yalta?

Answer 3

Gained poland
    had control
gained eastern germany
    had control
gaines eastern europe
    security (feared war)

Question 4

explain what the western powers gained [2]

Answer 4

joined United nations
had chance to actually keep the peace after war
insight on german concentration camps
allowed hunting of war criminals

Question 5

explain western concerns/ worries after the Yalta confrence [2]

Answer 5

stalin woudld try and take more
interference with greece
concerned about communists taking over

Question 6

impact of Yalta decisions on Poland [1]

Answer 6

stalin moved USSR borders into poland after poland expanded into east prussia

Question 7

Impact of yalta decisions on Germany [3]

Answer 7

Lost eastern europe
Was divided into 4 zones (american, british, french, soviet)
Concentration camps were exposed and war prisoners were hunted
Lost control of any country that lost land

Question 8

agreements made at yalta [5]

Answer 8

Japan
Stalin agreed to enter the war against Japan once Germany had surrendered

Elections
Agreed that countries were liberated from occupation by the german army
Would be allowed to hold free elections to choose the government they wanted

War criminals
As allied soldiers advanced through germany, they were revealing the horrors of the nazi concetration camps.
Big three agreed to hunt down and punish criminals who were responsible for the genocide

Germany
They agreed that germany would be divided into 4 zones
American, french, british, soviet
United nations
Big three all agreed to join united nations organisation which would aim to keep peace after the war

Eastern europe
Soviet unions had suffered terribly in the war
Estimatedd 20 million soviets perished
Stalin was concerned about the future and security of the USSR
Risk of another invasion
Big three agreed that europe should be seen as a soviet sphere of influence

Question 9

Disagreements made at Yalta

Answer 9

Poland
Stalin wanted the border of the USSR to move westwards into poland
Stalin argued that poland in turn could move its border westwards into german territory
Churchill did not approve of stalin’s plans
Wasn’t much he could do
Stalins ‘red army’ was in total control of both poland and eastern germany
Roosevelt was unhappy about stalin’s plans
Churchill persuaded roosevelt to accept it
As long as the USSR agreed not ti interfere in greece where british were attempting to prevent the communists taking over.
Stalin accepted this