YALTA

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YALTA

• POST WORLD WAR II

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FEB 1945

• MET IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA AT YALTA

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GERMANS WERE BEATEN

• 11 MILLION RUSSIANS SOLDIER IN POSSESSION OF MUCH
  OF EASTERN EUROPE

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STALIN

• STALIN PARANOID
• WANTED A BUFFER IN BETWEEN RUSSIA AND GERMANY
• WANTED ALLIES TO PUSH EASTWARD AND THE RUSSIANS
  WOULD PUSH WESTWARD AND MEET

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ROOSEVELT

• WANTED MILITARY HELP WITH JAPAN
• FAVORED SELF-DETERMINATION FOR POST WAR EUROPE
• WANTED UNITED NATIONS

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CHURCHILL

• WANTED TO PREVENT BREAKUP OF BRITISH EMPIRE
• WANTED POLISH FREEDOM
• DIDNT HAVE MUCH POWER

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POST WAR GERMANY

• UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
• GERMANY AND BERLIN WOULD BE SPLIT INTO FOUR ZONES
• FRANCE
• RUSSIAN
• AMERICAN
• BRITAIN

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RESULTS

• USSR STAYED IN EASTERN EUROPE
• UNITED NATION CREATED
• USSR CAME INTO WAR AGAINST JAPAN
• BRITISH EMPIRE BROKEN UP
• IRON CURTAIN
• COLD WAR IS ON