Tehran conference

• The Tehron Conference


  November 1943
• Roosevelt was keen to improve relations between the three Allies and agreed to hold the meeting in The meeting was mainly a success for Stain who achieved most of what he wanted
• This was because Roosevelt was not well during the Conference and, in any case, tended to side with Stalin rather than Churchill
• Churchill's idea of an Allied invasion through the Balkans, thereby preventing the Red Army from taking over all of eastern Europe, was rejected
• Main agreements at the Tehran Conference

  • Britain and the USA agreed to open up a second front by invading France in May 1944-(D-day)
  • The Soviet Union was to wage war against Japan once Germany was defeated
  • United Nations organisation was to be set up after the war
  • An area of eastern Poland was added to the Soviet Union
  • The borders of post-war Poland were to be along the Oder and Neisse rivers
• The Yalta Conference


  February 1945
• By early 1945 Allied armies were closing in on Berlin, and Germany was close to defeat
• The Big Three were still fearful of Hitler and, for the most part, were able to reach agreement on key issues
• Yet this was the last meeting of the Big Three. Within months, Roosevelt had died and Churchill had lost a general election
• Stalin wanted the Germans to pay huge reparations, but Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that it was not sensible to punish Germany too harshly
• Stalin and Roosevelt apparently enjoyed a warm relationship, and as a result, Churchill felt isolated for most of the Conference