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  • Tehran Conference - November 1943 - Key Topics Discussed 

    • State of the war
    • Status of Germany, Poland and Eastern Europe
    • The United Nations
  • Tehran Conference - Decisions
    • Opening of a second front done by US and British troops by invading Europe through france
    • The USSR would assist with Japan once Germany was defeated
    • Once the war ends, a organisation would be created similar to the LoN to settle international disputes. The United Nations
  • Tehran Conference - Tension
    • Churchil wanted to open a second front through the Balkans
    • Rosevelt viewed taht the British colonialism was more of a threat than communisim.
  • Yalta Conference - February 1945 - Key topics 

    • Germany
    • Poland
    • Eastern Europe
    • United Nations
  • Yalta Conference - Decisions
    • Declaration of liberated europe, guaranteed all countries freed from Nazi rule to hold democratic and free elections
    • Nazi Germany and Berlin would be divided into 4 zones controlled by France, Britain, United States and USSR
    • Germany would be demilitarised, forced to pay reparations
    • After the war would end, Nazi war criminals would be tried
    • Poland would fall under USSR zone of influence
    • The USSR would declare war on Japan 3 months after Germany was defeated
  • Yalta Conference - Tension
    • USSR wanted Germany to pay high reparations; Britain and US disagreed
    • Britain and USA wanted Germany to recover, while USSR wanted to keep Germany weak
    • Stalin wanted the German-Polish border to be further west and make Poland a friendy Government. Britain and US disagreed because they were worried that Poland would become communist
  • Potsdam Conference - July 1945 - Decisions

    • Nazi party was banned
    • War criminals were to be prosecuted
    • Germany was to be divided into 4 ocupation zones
    • Economic decisions about Germany would have to be agreed on by the 4 powers
    • Creation of a council of ministers to oirganise rebuilding of europe
    • Soviet union would recieve 25% of industrial output from the other 3 occupied zones
  • Potsdam Conference - Tension
    • Stalin didn't allow free democratic elections in Eastern europe
    • Stalin removed non communists from Polish government, angering Britain and the US
    • Truman delayed the conference so Atomic bomb could be tested. When he informed Stalin, Stalin was mad he was not told before.