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Topic 21-2
A series of conferences
were held to determine
the goals/issues of the war,
and also to deal with the
anticipated Post-War
circumstances.
World War II
Conferences
The Atlantic Conference
August 12-14 1941
 Participants
– FDR and Winston Churchill
 Decisions:
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Atlantic Charter Signed – became the basis
for the U.N.
No Territorial Expansion
No territorial changes w/o consent of
inhabitants
Self Determination, Mutual Cooperation
Disarming of aggressors
Casablanca Conference
January 12-23, 1943
 Participants
- FDR and Winston Churchill
(Stalin declines to attend)
 Decisions:
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Accept nothing less than unconditional
surrender of the Axis Powers
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(Note - This will ultimately lead to extending
the war).
Moscow Conference October 1943
 Participants
- FDR, Winston Churchill,
Chiang Kai-shek, Josef Stalin
 Decisions:
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Affirm the basis of the United Nations
(Atlantic Charter)
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Unconditional Surrender reaffirmed
all matters relating to the surrender and
disarmament of that enemy will be acted
upon jointly
Moscow Conference October 1943
continued….
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Germany – Those responsible for war crimes
will be sent to the countries in which the crime
occurred to be judged according to the laws
of that nation.
Italy - All institutions and organizations created
by the Fascist regime shall be suppressed.
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All Fascist or pro-Fascist elements shall be
removed from the administration and from
institutions and organizations of a public
character
Cairo Conference
November 22-26, 1943
 Participants
- FDR, Winston Churchill,
Chiang Kai-shek
 Decisions
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Korea to be independent at war’s end.
Taiwan to be returned to China from Japan
Teheran Conference
November 28-December 1,
1943
 Participants
Stalin
 Decisions:
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- FDR, Winston Churchill, Josef
Open a Second Battlefront in Europe.
Soviets to enter the war against Japan after
the defeat of Germany.
Discussed demilitarization and occupation
of Germany
Yalta Conference
February 4-11, 1945
 Participants
- FDR, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin
 Decisions:
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Germany to be disarmed and divided into 4
occupation zones.
Veto power to be given to the Big 5 nations at the UN.
 Soviet
Union to get 3 seats in the General Assembly in
exchange for entering the war against Japan 2-3 months
after Germany surrenders.
 USSR
pledges to hold free elections in Eastern Europe.
 War Crimes trials to be held after the war
Potsdam Conference
July 17 – August 2, 1945
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Participants - Harry Truman, Josef Stalin, Clement
Atlee/ Winston Churchill
Decisions:
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Unconditional surrender by Japan or face “prompt
and utter destruction.”
Set up a council to administer Germany
Set up machinery to negotiate peace treaties
Transfer of German people out of Czechoslovakia,
Hungary, and Poland into Germany
Stalin announces that there will be no elections in
Eastern Europe
Yalta 1945
Potsdam 1945
The Result?
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The Allies win the war
Hard feelings and scheming play a big part
“Unconditional Surrender” edict extends the
war
Ignoring Japan’s surrender attempt:
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allows the US to demonstrate the Atomic Bomb
US and USSR to set up their post war positions as
“Super Powers.”
FDR’s death empowers Stalin at Potsdam.