Yalta and Potsdam

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  • Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
    • Potsdam
      • Roosevelt had died so Truman took over as President and Churchill was replaced by Clement Attlee part of the way through the conference
      • The conference was held on the 17th of July 1945 in a suburb of Berlin
      • The leaders agreed on...
        • Reaffirmed decisions made at Yalta
        • Agreed to trial German war leaders
      • The leaders disagreed on...
        • What to do about Germany-Stalin wanted to cripple Germany while Truman didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the Treaty of Versailles
        • Reparations-Stalin wanted  10 million in compensation for the 20million that had died
        • Soviet policy in eastern Europe-Truman didn't want Stalin to have that much power in Europe
    • Yalta
      • Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill attended
      • Germany was losing the war at the time
      • The conference was held at Yalta in Ukraine in Feb 1945
      • The leaders agreed on...
        • How to divide and control Germany
        • That Stalin would join the fighting with Japan after Germany was defeated
        • That Russia should have a shire of influence in Eastern Europe
        • That the countries freed from Nazi rule should be free to choose their own government
      • The leaders disagreed on...
        • What to do about Poland

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