Yalta Conference February 1945

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Yalta Conference February 1945
  1. What Stalin wanted
    1. To keep the parts of Poland they had annexed
      1. Communist govt in Poland
        1. High reparations from Germany
          1. American recognition of Mongolian independence from China
            1. American recognition of Russian interests in Manchuria
              1. More land for a buffer zone
              2. What Roosevelt wanted
                1. Democracy throughout Eastern Europe
                  1. USSR to enter Pacific War
                    1. USSR to join UN
                      1. To discuss post-war settlement
                      2. Agreements
                        1. Interim govts to be set up in newly liberated countries
                          1. It had to represent "all democratic elements"
                          2. USSR would have a sphere of influence in Eastern Europe
                            1. UN would be set up
                            2. Issues not agreed upon
                              1. Divergence of opinion on meaning of "all democratic elements"
                                1. Roosevelt and Churchill saw it as meaning a system of democracy like in the West
                                  1. Stalin took it to mean a govt which represented the workers i.e. communism
                                  2. Reparations
                                    1. Stalin wanted high reparations to recoup losses and punish Germany
                                      1. Soviet Union lost about 27 million people, 1/4 killed or injured
                                      2. US wanted low reparations to make Germany strong: able to trade with it
                                      3. Borders of Germany and Poland
                                      4. Leaders
                                        1. Able to work well together
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