Yalta Conference, Feb 1945

Yalta Conference, Feb 1945

1. Who Attended?

   • Stalin (Soviet Leader)
   • Roosevelt (US President
   • Churchill (GB PM)

2. What Agreed

   • Soviet union enter wat against Japan once Germany surrendered
   • Divide Germany into 4 zones: US,GB,FR & Soviet
   • Divide Berlin into 4 zones in the same way
   • Hunt down and try Nazi criminals in an international court of justice
   • Allow countries that have been liberated from occupation by German army to have free elections and choose their gov't.
   • Join United Nations Organisation to maintain peace once war ended,
   • Easter Europe - a Soviet 'sphere of influence'

3. Differences

   • How much Germany was to pay in reparations. Stalin wanted higher than Churchill/Roosevelt. Decision delayed for next conference.
   • POLAND - Stalin wanted the Polish/German border to be further to the West than the Western Allies. Stalin also wanted a 'friendly' Polsih gov't so the his country would have some protection from Germany. Western powers feared a Soviet-controlled government. They persuaded Stalingto allow free-elections in Poland