The Wartime Conferences: The Opening Shots Of The Cold War
Notes
- By 1941 the leaders of the ‘Big Three’ nations (Russia, U.S.A., and Great Britain) met to discuss the running of the war
- They met:
- NewFoundland, Aug., 1941
- Casablanca, Jan., 1943
- Quebec, Aug., 1943
- Teheran, Nov.-Dec., 1943 (Determined Polish borders, opening of a Second Front, Soviets agree to join Pacific war)
- Yalta Feb., 1945 (Formalized the zones for dividing Germany, Stalin promised to join Pacific war, Stalin promised free elections in Soviet liberated areas)
- Potsdam, July-Aug. 1945 (Talks about how to disarm Germany, War criminals, reparations. Also Allies trying to avoid Eastern issues to get Russia in the Pacific war)
Summary
The Wartime conferences were meetings of the Allied powers, that happened periodically throughout the course of the second world war. There first one was in Newfoundland, in August of 1941, and they made trips to Casablanca, Quebec, Tehran, Yalta, And Pots-dam. They main three countries Russia, USA, and Great Britain all had main representatives at these conferences, nicknamed the "Big Three." They spoke about many different things during these meetings, including what to do in battle operations, too what to do with war criminals after the war.
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Do you think the Wartime conferences were extremely beneficial to the war, or only minuscule?
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"You Hold In your hands the Future of the World"
- Raymond Poincare
- Raymond Poincare