Transcript Peace Conferences

Peace Conferences
• Element: Explain the military and diplomatic
negotiations between the leaders of Great
Britain (Churchill), the Soviet Union (Stalin),
and the United States (Roosevelt/Truman)
from Teheran to Yalta and Potsdam and the
impact on the nations of Eastern Europe.
• Vocabulary: Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt,
Truman, Teheran, Yalta, Potsdam
Before the War ends
• During the closing years
of the war the leaders
of the Allied Powers
met to determine what
would be done once the
war was won.
Tehran Conference
Description:
• November 1943
• Iran capital
• Stalin (Soviet Union)
• Churchill (England)
• FDR (U.S.)
Tehran Conference
Impact:
• Agreed to an invasion of
Europe
• came to be known as DDay
• pinned Hitler in Europe
and freed Paris
Stop and Think!
• Step One:
• On your own, jot down
what was discussed at
Teheran and the
significance of those
negotiations.
• Step Two:
• With your elbow partner,
come up with a memory
tool to remember the
significance of Teheran.
• For example … “T is for
Teheran and …”
• Be creative and be
prepared to share 
Yalta Conference
Description:
• February 1945
• Ukraine
• known as Crimean
conference
• defeat of Germany was
obvious
Purpose of Yalta
• first purpose: to assure the defeat of Nazi
Germany in the shortest period of time, with
the least loss of life to the Allied side.
• second purpose: "to continue to build the
foundation for an international accord which
would bring order and security after the chaos
of the war, and would give some assurance of
lasting peace among the nations of the
world.”
Yalta Declaration
• Soviet Union will get involved in Pacific theater after
Germany’s defeat
• Stalin will allow free elections to be held in Eastern
Europe
• USSR would retain land in Poland, and have special
rights to certain islands and Chinese lands
• Soviet Union would receive half of the war
reparations from Germany
• divide Germany into four zones administered by the
Allied powers
• scheduled a conference in April at San Francisco to
establish the creation of the United Nations
Stop and Think!
• Step One:
• Step Two:
• On your own, write
• With a different elbow
down what was
partner, come up with a
discussed at Yalta and
memory tool for the
the significance of those
significance of Yalta.
negotiations.
• Be creative and be
prepared to share your
ideas 
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam Conference
Description:
• July, 1945
• Potsdam Germany
• Harry S. Truman (1884 –
1972) was the thirty-third
President of the United
States.
• as Vice President,
succeeded to the office
upon the death of
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Potsdam Conference
Impact:
• U.S. demanded free elections
in European nations, and
USSR refused
• set the stage for lasting
distrust between U.S. and
Soviet Union
• Reasserted “unconditional
surrender”
• led President Truman to drop
the atomic bomb
Stop and Think!
• Step One:
• On your own, write
down the significance
of the negotiations at
Potsdam
• Step Two:
• With an elbow partner,
come up with a
memory took for the
Potsdam Conference.
• Be creative and
prepared to share 
Warsaw Pact
• Soviet response to U.S. NATO
• provided for the mutual defense of Eastern
Europe
So … what does all of this lead to?
Where can we
see evidence of
the Cold War in
our lives today?
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