before the cold war
America + USSR worked
together as members of
the grand alliance
consisted of
communists and
capitalists only
working together to
defeat the nazis
once Hitler had been
defeated the alliance became
uneasy
Between 1943 and
1945 three meeting
held to try and solve
tensions
Teheran
Churchill.Stalin and Roosevelt met here on
the 28th of November to the 1st of
December 1943-reached some definite
agreements and some without outlining
detail
Stalin annoyed at Britain and the
USA for taking so long to open a
second front during WW2-saying
they were delaying it at the cost of
Russian soldiers lifes
The USSR would declare
war on Japan once
Germany was defeated
Roosevelt supported
the idea of a second
front and was agreed
to start in June 1944
Poland should be given more land from
Germany but loose some to the USSR
Roosevelt often sided
with Stalin-Split the
alliance up futher
Yalta
4th-11th of febuary 1945
Germany would be reduced in
size,demilitarised and would have to pay
reperations (materials,goods and labour)
when defeated
Plans would begin for how
Germany was to be divided
after the war
The nazi party would be
banned and war criminals
tried in front of an
international court
A United Nations (UN) would be set up to
replace the league of nations-meet for the first
time on the 25th of April 1945
Poland should be in the
Soviet sphere of influence
USSR declare war on Japan three
months after the defeat of
Germany
Conference largely a
success-Roosevelt worked well
with Churchill,Roosevelt and
Stalins understanding established
at Teheran
Potsdam
July and August
1945-Churchill,Stalin and
Truman
More
tension-Truman
briefed about
previous
meetings but
had no
realtionship with
Stalin
Result of hte British election came during the
conference-new labour prime minister Attlee
replaced churchill
Personal trust and understanding built up
in conferences was lost
Truman delayed first meeting until new atomic bomb had been
tested-Stalin not told about bomb-increased his suspicion of his
allies
Germany been defeated- 'big three' not united by a common enemy
Agreements
Set up a council of
foreign ministers to
organise the rebuilding
of europe
Ban the nazi party and prosecute
surviving nazis as war criminals in a
special allie run court at Nuremburg
Reduce the size of Germany
Divide Germany into four zones-split
between the USA, Britain, USSR and france
Divide Berlin into four
Give the USSR a 1/4 of the industrial equipment from other
three zones-least developed zone and had to supply other
zones with industrial equipment