Differences in Yalta and Potsdam Conferences

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Yalta: February 1945, with Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt
Potsdam: July 1945, with Stalin, Attlee and Truman
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Yalta: Decide to split Germany into 4 sections where Big 3 (and France) will control a section.
Potsdam: Arguments about the section boundaries of Germany
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Yalta: They agree that Germany will pay reparations
Potsdam: Truman and Attlee angry at Stalin for the amount of German reparations that Russia had been taking
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Yalta: Russia agrees to help fight Japan after defeating Germany
Potsdam: USA drop atomic bomb on Japan before Russia could have invaded. Truman didn't warn Stalin and Stalin was furious.
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Yalta: They agree that Eastern European countries could have free elections. They called it the Declaration of Liberated Europe.
Potsdam: Truman and Attlee were shocked at how quickly communism was spreading through Eastern Europe.
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Yalta: They agreed to create a government of "National Unity" in Poland where communist or non-communist leaders could be elected
Potsdam: Truman was angry because Stalin had the non-communist leaders of Poland arrested
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Potsdam: Arguments about the section boundaries of Germany

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Yalta: Decide to split Germany into 4 sections where Big 3 (and France) will control a section.

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Potsdam: Truman and Attlee angry at Stalin for the amount of German reparations that Russia had been taking

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Potsdam: USA drop atomic bomb on Japan before Russia could have invaded. Truman didn't warn Stalin and Stalin was furious.

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Potsdam: Truman and Attlee were shocked at how quickly communism was spreading through Eastern Europe.

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