Conferences
- Created by: Himee Senanayake
- Created on: 05-06-18 22:42
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- Conferences
- Yalta February 1945
- After WW2
- Germany was split into 4 sections
- Poland's borders
- would return to their original position
- Tension
- 1) Roosevelt and Stalin were please on United Nations
- 2) Poland's borders were not fully solved
- 3) Stalin thought Western Allies had bigger areas of wealthier land than him - Tension = worsened
- 4) What Stalin had in mind for free elections were completely different to everyone else - Tensions = worsened
- 5) Stalin thought no one believed in USSR power
- After WW2
- Potsdam August 1945
- Roosevelt died was replaced with Harry Truman
- Churchill lost the general election and was replaced with Clement Attley
- Truman and Attley were new to diplomatic discussions
- found Stalin tough
- Truman wanted to take a hard approach
- Germany was divided into 4 sections but would run as a whole
- Berlin would be divided into 4 sections but the USSR controlled Germany
- Key world events before/during
- 1) The United Nations was created
- 2) Germany surrendered in May
- 3) America's scientists finished developing the first atomic bomb
- Tensions
- disagreements on Poland
- disagreements between Truman and Stalin on how to control Germany
- Truman did not want a communist government
- Tehran November 1943
- USA and Britain opened a 'second front'
- eased pressure on the Eastern front
- launched an attack in West Europe
- Germans had to withdraw troops from USSR to fight the West
- Stalin would declare war on Japan
- supply Soviet troops to help the USA with war against Japan - once the Europe war was over
- general agreement
- international body should be set up
- settle disputes through negotiations and discussions instead of war
- United Nations
- Tensions
- Churchill = displeased because he wanted to open a 2nd front in Balkans
- Stalin = pleased because of the second front
- Roosevelt = pleased
- Big 3 = Big 2?
- USA and Britain opened a 'second front'
- Yalta February 1945
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