History - The Yalta Conference
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- 1945 The Yalta Conference
- Churchill, Stalin & Roosevelt
- 4th - 11th Feb
- Agreed on some of the same things as Teheran, but with some changes
- Germany when defeated: demilitarised, reduced in size & have to pay reparations
- Plans for how Germany would be divided, began
- Nazi Party would be banned, & war criminals tried in front of an international court
- United Nation s Organisation (UN) would replace the League of Nations
- USSR would declare war on Japan 3 months after the defeat of Germany
- Poland should be in the 'Soviet Sphere of Influence' but be run on 'a broader democratic basis'
- Conference was a success large due to the understanding established between Stalin & Roosevelt at Teheran
- Splits were growing
- Britain & USA had been reluctant to agree to Poland becomming communist
- Stalin wanted Poland as a buffer between the USSR & the West
- Britain entered WW2 to defend Poland, while America wished to avoid communism spreading further West
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