Yalta Confrence

• Yalta Conference


  A conference held in February 1945 where the USA, UK and USSR met to discuss what would happen to Europe after World War 2
• In February 1945, World War 2 was still being fought in Europe, but by then it was obvious that Germany was going to lose
• The Yalta Conference


  The three countries fighting Germany (USA, UK and the USSR) met up in Yalta
• The Big Three

  • Winston Churchill (UK)
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt (USA)
  • Joseph Stalin (USSR)
• Topics brought up at the Yalta Conference

  • War with Japan
  • Germany after the War
  • Nazi War Criminals
  • Countries liberated from Germany
  • Keeping the peace after the War
  • USSR's future security
• Outcomes at the Yalta Conference

  • War with Japan
  • Germany after the War
  • Nazi War Criminals
  • Countries liberated from Germany
  • Keeping the peace after the War
  • USSR's future security
• On the surface the Yalta Conference was very successful, but behind the scenes was a different story
• What the leaders really thought of each other

  • Churchill's view of Roosevelt
  • Roosevelt's view of Stalin
  • Churchill's view of Stalin
  • Stalin's view of Churchill
  • Churchill's view of Roosevelt
• Churchill believed that Roosevelt was too soft on the USSR
• Out of ten, how successful was the Yalta Conference?