Key Figures

Question 1

Who was Stalin?

Answer 1

-Leader of the Soviet Union
-Present in all 3 big conferences
-Target of the Western Alliance

Question 2

Who was Roosevelt?

Answer 2

-President of the USA until his death in 1945
-Was in Tehran and Yalta-died before Potsdam
-Wanted peace with the Soviet Union and was not always tough in negotiations with Stalin

Question 3

Who was Churchill?

Answer 3

-Prime Minister of Britain
-Colonialist
-Very suspicious of Stalin
-Attended all three conferences, but lost the general election in 1945

Question 4

Who was Truman?

Answer 4

-Replaced Roosevelt as US President
-More suspicious of Stalin than his predecessor has been
-Suspicious of communism
-Delayed the date of the conference until the atomic bomb was ready

Question 5

Who was Attlee?

Answer 5

-PM of Britain after Churchill
-Less concerned with Soviet affairs that Churchill: wanted to get the talks over with
-Pioneer of universal health care in Britain and the NHS