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The document outlines several World War II conferences between 1941-1945 that were attended by Allied leaders Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to make strategic military and postwar political decisions. The conferences established principles for the United Nations, agreed to unconditional Axis surrender, and made concessions to the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe that later contributed to the Cold War. Key decisions at the conferences aimed to end WWII and prevent future conflict but also laid the groundwork for postwar tensions between Western allies and the Soviet Union over the political structure of Europe.

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Wwi Conferences Ho

The document outlines several World War II conferences between 1941-1945 that were attended by Allied leaders Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin to make strategic military and postwar political decisions. The conferences established principles for the United Nations, agreed to unconditional Axis surrender, and made concessions to the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe that later contributed to the Cold War. Key decisions at the conferences aimed to end WWII and prevent future conflict but also laid the groundwork for postwar tensions between Western allies and the Soviet Union over the political structure of Europe.

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World War II Conferences


Atlantic Conference (1941) Roosevelt & Churchill
Off the coast of Newfoundland
Decision --> sign the Atlantic Charter; provisions became foundation of UN Charter
Provisions include:
- No territorial expansion.
- No territorial changes without consent of inhabitants.
- Se-determination of all peoples.
- Fee trade.
- Cooperation for the improvement of other nations.
- Disarming of all aggressors.

Roosevelt & Churchill


Casablanca Conference Casablanca, Morocco
(1943) Decision --> to accept nothing less than unconditional surrender of the Axis powers.

Roosevelt, Churchill, & Chiang Kai-shek


Cairo Conference (1943) Cairo, Egypt
Decision --> Korea to be independent at wars end and Taiwan to be returned to China from
Japan.

Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin [Big Three]


Teheran Conference (1943) Teheran, Iran
Decisions --> Agreement to open a second battle
front in Europe. Soviet agreement to
enter war against Japan after
Germany is defeated.
Inconclusive discussion about
demilitarization and occupation
of Germany.

Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin


Yalta Conference (1945) Yalta in the Crimea [U. S. S. R.]
Decisions --> Germany to be disarmed & divided into 4 zones of
occupation.
Veto power to be given to Big 5 nations at U. N. Soviet Union to get 3
seats in UN General Assembly.
In exchange for entering war against Japan 2-3 months after Germany
surrenders, Soviets to be given: So. Sakhalin Is., concessions in Manchuria
for ports, joint control of Manchuria RR, and Central Kuril Is.
Eastern Polish borders to be set to the advantage of the Soviets.
U. S. S. R. to pledge to hold free elections in
E. Europe.
War crimes trials to be held after the war.
Potsdam (1945) Truman, Stalin, & Churchill / Attlee [Attlee replaced Churchill
during the Conference when Churchills Conservative Party lost the British election].
Potsdam, Germany.
Decisions --> Potsdam Declaration. Provisions include:
- Unconditional surrender of Japan or fact prompt and utter destruction.
- Set up of a council to administer Germany/
- Set up of machinery to negotiate peace treaties.
- Transfer of German people out of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland into Germany.
- Stalins announcement that there will be no elections in Eastern Europe.
Interpreting Events:

1. How many conferences did Churchill attend? Stalin? Roosevelt?


How would this continuity have affected the conferences?

2. Explain how decisions made at the Atlantic and Yalta Conferences affected the structure and purpose of the
United Nations.

3. Why were concessions made to the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe and Asia?

4. How did the conferences, intended primarily to work toward ending World War II, also seek to prevent a third
world war?

5. What problems might have been anticipated as a result of the Yalta Conference decisions? Or, how did the
conferences of WWII lay the foundation of the Cold War? Explain.

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