"He agreed at the Potsdam Conference. "
** Actually this is incorrect. Stalin agreed to hold free elections at the Yalta Conference.
The conference was called the Yalta Conference. See link below
The Soviets policy stance toward Poland at the Yalta conference was that it was not going to give back the land that was annexed from Poland instead he would give land taken from Germany.
Joseph Stalin, dictator of the USSR, told Churchill and Roosevelt that Poland would have free elections and that the Soviets would support democratic governments in Eastern Europe. But Poland became a Soviet satellite (puppet state), along with several other countries along the Soviet borders that formed the Warsaw Pact.
Starlin was to enter into the war against Japan. Soviet/Polish boarder line was at the Curzon Line whereas the German/Polish boarder was at Oder-Neisse. All agreed Poland could have free elections even Starlin which other believed meant democratic elections. They also agreed France could have a zone within defeated Germany. However many of these terms were revisited at the Potsdam Conference
While Stalin had promised at the Yalta Conference that free elections would be held in Poland, after an election failure in "3 times YES" elections, vote rigging was employed to win a majority in the carefully controlled poll. Following the forged referendum, the Polish economy started to become nationalized.
churchill wanted free elections and democratic governments in eastern and central Europe especially in Poland
The Soviets policy stance toward Poland at the Yalta conference was that it was not going to give back the land that was annexed from Poland instead he would give land taken from Germany.
Stalin promised free elections in Poland, notwithstanding the recently installed Communist puppet government. However, it soon became apparent that Stalin had no intentions of holding true to his promise of free elections. In fact, it was fifty years after the Yalta Conference that the Poles first had the opportunity to hold free elections.
Joseph Stalin, dictator of the USSR, told Churchill and Roosevelt that Poland would have free elections and that the Soviets would support democratic governments in Eastern Europe. But Poland became a Soviet satellite (puppet state), along with several other countries along the Soviet borders that formed the Warsaw Pact.
divied Germany into four zones, agreed to allow free elections in Poland and other eastern European coutries now.
Starlin was to enter into the war against Japan. Soviet/Polish boarder line was at the Curzon Line whereas the German/Polish boarder was at Oder-Neisse. All agreed Poland could have free elections even Starlin which other believed meant democratic elections. They also agreed France could have a zone within defeated Germany. However many of these terms were revisited at the Potsdam Conference
While Stalin had promised at the Yalta Conference that free elections would be held in Poland, after an election failure in "3 times YES" elections, vote rigging was employed to win a majority in the carefully controlled poll. Following the forged referendum, the Polish economy started to become nationalized.
April 1, 2012
churchill wanted free elections and democratic governments in eastern and central Europe especially in Poland
Poland.
poland
The Soviets....
he didnt