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, August 1941
-Casablanca, Jan 1943
- Quebec, August 1943
-Tehran, 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 election in Soviet liberated areas
- Postdam, 1945, (talks about how to disarm Germany, war criminals, reparations. Allies try to avoid the eastern issues to get Russia into pacific war)
-They Met
-Newfoundland, August 1941
-Casablanca, Jan 1943
- Quebec, August 1943
-Tehran, 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 election in Soviet liberated areas
- Postdam, 1945, (talks about how to disarm Germany, war criminals, reparations. Allies try to avoid the eastern issues to get Russia into pacific war)
The Wartime conferences were a series of meetings that were established to dictate the ending strategies and results of the war. In 1941, the leaders o the Big Three Nations, Russia, USA, and Great Britain, met to discuss the running of what would become the end of the war. They met over a series of meetings in Newfoundland (1941), Casablanca (1943), Québec (1943). In Tehran in 1943, they determined Polish borders, and opened a second front. At this meeting, the soviets agree to join the Pacific War. At Yalta in 1945, having ended the struggle against Germany in Europe, the nations decide to formalize the zones for dividing Germany. Here, Stalin promises to join the Pacific war, and he agrees to allow free elections in Soviet liberated years. Postdam 1945 would be the meeting where the discussion of how to disarm Germany would take place. They also discussed the punishment of war criminals and what sort of reparations would be demanded of the Germany now that Hitler's reign had ended. The Allies wanted to avoid the Eastern issues that came along with involving Russia in the Pacific War.