agreements concerning soviet territorial demands

As Roosevelt died before the Potsdam conference, Truman, his vice president took over.

Black Sea port of Yalta in February 1945 to formulate allied military strategy and declare an end to German militarism and Nazism.

At the conference of Yalta in the Crimea in February 1945 the big 3 met to discuss several issues facing Europe and the world.

Firstly it was agreed that the USSR would help America defeat Japan, as Hitler was now defeated. However it was never neccassary for the USSR to help as the US had bombed Japan before they got to that point.

Secondly Roosevelt and Churchill allowed Stalin to set up a Communist Government in Poland (however part of this agreement said that they had to have other political parties within this Government; Stalin ignored this and made only a communist Government, this led to tension between the Big three).

Thirdly the big three all said they wanted to work towards democracy in Europe. They said this in the "Declaration on Liberated Europe". However there was problems with this as being from opposite political ideologies, Roosevelt and Churchill had very different ideas on what democracy was compared to Stalin. Roosevelt felt that democracy was having free election in which Candidates win the public votes. Stalin felt that democracy was a Communist Government who controlled industry; he felt that Communism was the only political system that fully looked after the working class.

Fourthly they created the United Nations. This aimed for peace with Europe and was, in effect, a replacement for the League of Nations which had failed during 1930's due to several reasons. The Grand Alliance hoped that this would be more successful.

Finally, the Big Three re-stated the agreement that the USSR should have a 'sphere of influence' on Eastern Europe. A 'sphere of influence' was an area of the world around the USSR where communism was 'respected' i.e. it was the main political system. It was originally decided that the USSR would have a 'sphere of influence' at the Tehran Conference of 1943.

Nothing was really discussed about the fate of Germany at the Yalta Conference. Germany was split into 4 at the Potsdam Conference of July 1945 a few months after Yalta.

Considering the actions Stalin took during the war I believe the cold war was inevitable. He was ruthless toward his own countrymen when he felt they needed to do things differently. For example - he refused food in and people out of the Ukraine during the war. He did not feel those who lived within the Ukraine supported his cause effectively and he literally starved his own. With that kind of man in control - I do not believe that he would have been stopped.

During the Yalta Conference in 1945 it was decided that Germany would divided into 4 zones. It was also during this time when plans to build the Berlin Wall were made. These plans set the Cold War preparations in motion.

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churchill wanted free elections and democratic governments in eastern and central Europe

especially in Poland

(UK)Churchill (USA)Roosevelt and (USSR)Stalin.

The two main goals of President Roosevelt at the Yalta conference were,

To get Stalin involved in the war with japan and to insure the creation of the United Nations

Similarities were that they were both about what to do after the war

The "Big Three" met in Yalta, the Soviet port on the Black Sea, in February, 1945. They met to discuss what would happen to Germany and Europe after victory had been achieved. At this point they still were in fear of Hitler and agreed on key issues, such as dividing Germany and Berlin into 4 zones.

Germany

The primary purpose of the Yalta conference was to create a blueprint for the administration of postwar Europe, agree upon a method of punishing those responsible for war crimes and to decide upon borders for Germany and its neighbors.

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It was a meeting in Yalta in Eastern Europe in February 1945. The Big 3(Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) meet to discuss what they would do with Germany and Europe after the war was over. It was decided that Stalin and the Soviet Union would over take Berlin, and have control of Eastern Europe. This lead to tensions because Stalin forced communism onto the Eastern European countries, and as we know the US was anti-communist.

Death of Roosevelt.

he refused to allow free elections in eastern Europe