The Wartime Conferences: The Opening Shots of the Cold War
•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)
•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)
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Summary- Involved in Wartime Conferences were Russia, USA and Britain. First there was the Teheran conferences which determined borders of Poland. Next, Yalta which Stalin promised free election in liberated Soviet areas as well as joining war taking place in the Pacific (this promise was broken later). In Potsdam the Allies chose to avoid Eastern issues involving Russia in the war, they also discussed disarming Germany, war reparations and what to do with the criminals.