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End of WWII. Casablanca Declaration 1943. Roosevelt & Churchill meet in January Agree that Germany should forced to surrender unconditionally Did this prolong the war? Therefore Germany had nothing to lose vs. Allies did not want to repeat mistakes of WWI. Tehran Conference 1943.
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Casablanca Declaration 1943 • Roosevelt & Churchill meet in January • Agree that Germany should forced to surrender unconditionally • Did this prolong the war? • Therefore Germany had nothing to lose vs. Allies did not want to repeat mistakes of WWI
Tehran Conference 1943 • 1st of the Big 3 Conferences • Aimed to establish better relations between Stalin and Western leaders
Tehran: Decided: • Polish frontiers would be formed by: -the Curzon Line in the East
Tehran: -In the West the Oder-Neisse Line would be used to compensate for loses to the U.S.S.R. (dating back to 1921)
Tehran: 2.US A and Britain agree to open a 2nd front (Normandy invasion)
Tehran: 3. Soviets agree to participate in the Pacific War
Yalta Conference 1945: • Big 3 meeting #2 • Decisions made fall into two categories: • Europe related decisions • UN
Yalta: • Europe related decisions: -Dropped the Morgenthau Plan
Yalta: • Europe related decisions: -decided on dividing Germany into zones instead -Agreed to war criminals trials at Nuremburg when war was finished -Stalin promises to enter Pacific War -Discussed how to disarm Germany -Stalin promises free elections -Poland decisions finalized
Yalta: 2. United Nations -organizational plan for UN approved -agreed to meet in San Francisco to draft a charter
Potsdam Conference 1945: Disarmament of Germany: deprive her ability to make war by: -dismantling her war industries -discuss war reparations -denazification -trial of war criminals *Allied Control Council would govern Germany
Following WWII: • Europe in ruins • Nation of Germany did not exist • Italy defeated • Russia exhausted • Britain in decline • Japan occupied by USA • China in civil war • India headed for independence • USA –only major power to benefit economically from the war