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The Casablanca Conference
• From January 14 to January 24, 1943, the first war conference
between the Allied Powers.
• Planned the allied strategy and the end of the war.
• With his country besieged by both Hitler and the harsh winter,
Stalin didn't feel that he could leave.
• It set basis and direction for the rest of the war. And most
importantly, it established terms of unconditional surrender.
Hitler might have
negotiated a peace
settlement and could
have continued to be in
power and cause
additional disasters.
The Moscow Conference Oct. 1943
USA, United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and China
A meeting of the foreign ministers Anthony Eden, Cordell Hull,
and Molotov; resulted in plans for post war cooperation and
an international organization; Beginning plans for UN.
Cairo Conference 1943
Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek
Agreed upon future military operations against Japan.
Fighting to restrain and punish the aggression of Japan. They
covet no gain for themselves.
Japan shall be stripped of all the islands in the Pacific which she
has seized or occupied since the beginning of the first World War
in 1914.
Unconditional surrender of Japan.
Upon defeat of Germany will join war against Japan.
Tehran Conference
November 28 and December 1, 1943
• The first of two conferences, the Tehran Conference, took place
in Tehran, Iran.
• Roosevelt, who was weak and ailing at the time, wished to
strengthen the cooperation between the United States, Great
Britain, and the USSR.
• Roosevelt was willing to make numerous concessions to Stalin..
1. Operation Overlord would be launched during May 1944
opening second front.
2. It was agreed that the military staff of the Three Powers should
from then on keep in close touch with each other.
3. At the insistence of Stalin, the borders of post-war Poland
were determined along the Oder and Neisse rivers.
4. A United Nations Organization was tentatively agreed to.
5. The Soviet Union agreed to wage war against Japan once
Germany was defeated.
Yalta Conference
February 4-11, 1945
1. Germany’s defeat will bring Soviets into war against
Japan.
2. U.N. Charter meeting is planned for San Francisco.
3. Russia will regain territory lost in Russo-Japanese War
of 1905.
4. Outer Mongolia will be separated from China and
recognized as an independent Nation.
5. Germany will be split into 4 occupation zones as will
Berlin with elections planned for 1948 to deal with
possible reunification.
By April we are at the door of Berlin and Russia too. April 12,
1945 FDR dies.
Germany complete disaster as target became anything and
everything. Dresden, Germany
The three western zones formed the Federal Republic of
Germany in May 1949, and the Soviet became the
German Democratic Republic or East Germany.
The Berlin Wall: the intent was to
restrict access between West
Berlin and East Germany. It was
built in 1961 and lasted until
1989.
The Potsdam Conference
July - August 1945
Truman, Stalin and Churchill-Atlee
1. Allied plans formulated for demilitarization and
democratization for Germany and Japan. 1945we are
bombing but not landing troops.
2. Japan warned to surrender----look at the destruction of
Germany and Russia will join war.
3. In 1945 we are bombing but not landing troops, and
Truman learns A-bomb works.
4. U.S. Britain U.S.S.R. agree to meet regularly to deal with
world problems. This never happens because cold war
starts.