The Cold War

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Three War Conferences

Tehran

• 28 November – 1 December 1943

• Tehran, Iran

• Roosevelt

• Stalin

• Churchill

A – Not invade Germany through Greece

A – Open 2nd front by May 1944 (Western front)

• 1st meeting of anti-Nazi leaders

• West’s limited involvement in Eastern Europe – recognised USSR in that area

Yalta

• February 1945

• Yalta, Ukraine

• Roosevelt

• Stalin

• Churchill

A – Establishment of United Nations

A – USSR enter war in Japan after German surrender

A – Divide Germany and Berlin into 4 zones – similar in Austria

A – Countries freed from German occupation would be allowed to hold free elections

A – Countries seized in WW2 would become USSR

D – Stalin wanted territorial compensation for war in Japan

D – Stalin wanted to move border into Poland – agreed to; but USSR could not interfere in Greece

Potsdam

• July 1945

• Potsdam, Germany

• Truman

• Stalin

• Churchill/Atlee

A – Germany would be given chance to rebuild

A – Nazi leaders to be put on trial

A – Each country could use resources in own piece of Germany

D – What to do with Germany

- Truman doesn’t want repeat of TOV

- Stalin wants to cripple Germany

D – Truman told Churchill about the Atomic bomb but did not tell Stalin

- 6 August – Hiroshima

- 8 August – Stalin declares war on Japan

- 9 August – Nagasaki

- 14 August – War ends in Japan

• Truman concerned with Stalin’s intentions in Eastern Europe

• No new agreements reached

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Start of the Cold War

Development of Mistrust

USA