The Casablanca Conference

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The Casablanca Conference
From January 14 to January 24, 1943, the first
war conference between the Allied Powers.
Planned the allied strategy and the end of the
war. With his country besieged by both Hitler
and the harsh winter, Stalin didn't feel that he
could leave. It set basis and direction for
the rest of the war. And most importantly, it
established terms of unconditional surrender.
Hitler might have negotiated a peace settlement
and could have continued to be in power and cause
additional disasters.
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The Moscow Conference Oct. 1943USA, United
Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and China
A meeting of the foreign ministers Anthony Eden,
Cordell Hull, and Molotov resulted in plans for
post war cooperation and an international
organization Beginning plans for UN.
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Cairo Conference 1943 Franklin Roosevelt,
Winston Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek
Agreed upon future military operations against
Japan. Fighting to restrain and punish the
aggression of Japan. They covet no gain for
themselves. Japan shall be stripped of all the
islands in the Pacific which she has seized or
occupied since the beginning of the first World
War in 1914. Unconditional surrender of
Japan. Upon defeat of Germany will join war
against Japan.
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Tehran ConferenceNovember 28 and December 1, 1943
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• The first of two conferences, the Tehran
  Conference, took place in Tehran, Iran.
• Roosevelt, who was weak and ailing at the
  time, wished to strengthen the cooperation
  between the United States, Great Britain, and the
  USSR.
• Roosevelt was willing to make numerous
  concessions to Stalin..
• 1. Operation Overlord would be launched during
  May 1944 opening second front.
• 2. It was agreed that the military staff of the
  Three Powers should from then on keep in close
  touch with each other.
• At the insistence of Stalin, the borders of
  post-war Poland were determined along the Oder
  and Neisse rivers.
• 4. A United Nations Organization was tentatively
  agreed to.
• 5. The Soviet Union agreed to wage war against
  Japan once Germany was defeated.

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Yalta ConferenceFebruary 4-11, 1945
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1. Germanys defeat will bring Soviets into war
   against Japan.
2. U.N. Charter meeting is planned for San
   Francisco.
3. Russia will regain territory lost in
   Russo-Japanese War of 1905.
4. Outer Mongolia will be separated from China and
   recognized as an independent Nation.
5. Germany will be split into 4 occupation zones as
   will Berlin with elections planned for 1948 to
   deal with possible reunification.

By April we are at the door of Berlin and Russia
too. April 12, 1945 FDR dies. Germany complete
disaster as target became anything and
everything. Dresden, Germany
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The three western zones formed the Federal
Republic of Germany in May 1949, and the Soviet
became the German Democratic Republic or East
Germany.
The Berlin Wall the intent was to restrict
access between West Berlin and East Germany. It
was built in 1961 and lasted until 1989.
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The Potsdam ConferenceJuly - August 1945Truman,
Stalin and Churchill-Atlee

1. Allied plans formulated for demilitarization and
   democratization for Germany and Japan. 1945we are
   bombing but not landing troops.
2. Japan warned to surrender----look at the
   destruction of Germany and Russia will join war.
3. In 1945 we are bombing but not landing troops,
   and Truman learns A-bomb works.
4. U.S. Britain U.S.S.R. agree to meet regularly to
   deal with world problems. This never happens
   because cold war starts.