Yalta and Potsdam Conference Flashcards
(10 cards)
1
Q
When was the Yalta conference?
A
Feb 1945
2
Q
When was the Potsdam conference?
A
July 1945
3
Q
Who was at the Yalta conference?
A
Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin
4
Q
What did they discuss about Germany in the Yalta Conference? (3)
A
- To split it into 4 (USA, France, UK and USSR)
- To hunt down anyone involved or responsible for the genocide
- Berlin is also split into 4
5
Q
What other discussions happened in the Yalta Conference?
A
- To split it into 4 (USA, France, UK and USSR)
- To hunt down anyone involved or responsible for the genocide
- Berlin is also split into 4
- Countries liberated by Germany would be allowed to have free elections to choose a new government
- The big 3 joined the new United Nations Organisation to keep peace
- Eastern Europe should be seen as a soviet sphere of influence.
6
Q
What disagreements were discussed in the Yalta Conference?
A
It was mainly over Poland, as Stalin wanted to move the border, but Churchill disagreed. They eventually agreed as long as the USSR did not interfere with Greece.
7
Q
Who was at the Potsdam Conference?
A
Clement Attlee, Truman and Joseph Stalin
8
Q
What disagreements were at the Potsdam conference (2)?
A
- what to do with Germany again as instead of splitting it into four Stalin wanted to cripple Germany
- Reparations
- Russian Policy in Eastern Europe, as Truman thought he wanted an empire
9
Q
What agreements were made at Potsdam?
A
- To put Eastern Europe under USSR control
- Germany should pay something, but not $10 billion like what Stalin wanted
10
Q
What conference was the USA’s atomic bomb revealed at?
A
Potsdam
