Timeline of the Cold War
1943 Nov Tehran Conference
This was between Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt
Agreed - Commitment to a second front in WW2
- Operations in Yugoslavia
- USSR to declare war on Japan once Germany was defeated
- Poland gets some land, but loses some to USSR
Tension - USSR wanted to dominate Eastern Europe
- USSR wanted a second front and the USA supported this, but UK didn’t
want this
- Churchill wanted to begin invasion of Balkans (which will help the war
effort) and to stop the advance of the Soviets but Stalin and Roosevelt
opposed this
Overall - USA and USSR show some tension within their points, however they
achieved a lot by co-operating
1945 Feb Yalta Conference
This was between Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt on the actions taken after Germany
is defeated
Agreed - Germany will be demilitarised, reduced in size and will have to pay
reparations
- Plans were drawn up on how to divide Germany
- The rebuilding of Europe was done according to the ‘Atlantic Charter’
agreed between the USA and Britain in 1941
- The Nazi Party would be banned and war criminals will be tried in an
international court
- The United Nations Organisation (UN) will replace the League of Nations
and it would meet up in April 1945 for the first time
- The USSR would declare war of Japan three months after the defeat of
Germany
- Poland would be in the Soviet ‘sphere of influence’ but will be run on more
democratic basis
Tension - The USA and USSR were reluctant to agree for Poland to become
communist
Overall - We see a split between the USSR and, the USA and UK
- Tension between the idea of communism spreading, but Stalin stated he
wanted a ‘buffer zone’ between them and the West as they had been
invaded three times in that century
April Franklin D. Roosevelt dies and Harry S. Truman becomes President
July Potsdam Conference
This was between Stalin, Truman and Churchill, later Clement Attlee (and Chiang Kai
shek from China)
Agreed - set up a Council of Foreign Ministers to organise the re-building of Europe
- Ban the Nazi Party and prosecute Nazis as war criminals in a special court
run by the Allies at Nuremberg
1943 Nov Tehran Conference
This was between Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt
Agreed - Commitment to a second front in WW2
- Operations in Yugoslavia
- USSR to declare war on Japan once Germany was defeated
- Poland gets some land, but loses some to USSR
Tension - USSR wanted to dominate Eastern Europe
- USSR wanted a second front and the USA supported this, but UK didn’t
want this
- Churchill wanted to begin invasion of Balkans (which will help the war
effort) and to stop the advance of the Soviets but Stalin and Roosevelt
opposed this
Overall - USA and USSR show some tension within their points, however they
achieved a lot by co-operating
1945 Feb Yalta Conference
This was between Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt on the actions taken after Germany
is defeated
Agreed - Germany will be demilitarised, reduced in size and will have to pay
reparations
- Plans were drawn up on how to divide Germany
- The rebuilding of Europe was done according to the ‘Atlantic Charter’
agreed between the USA and Britain in 1941
- The Nazi Party would be banned and war criminals will be tried in an
international court
- The United Nations Organisation (UN) will replace the League of Nations
and it would meet up in April 1945 for the first time
- The USSR would declare war of Japan three months after the defeat of
Germany
- Poland would be in the Soviet ‘sphere of influence’ but will be run on more
democratic basis
Tension - The USA and USSR were reluctant to agree for Poland to become
communist
Overall - We see a split between the USSR and, the USA and UK
- Tension between the idea of communism spreading, but Stalin stated he
wanted a ‘buffer zone’ between them and the West as they had been
invaded three times in that century
April Franklin D. Roosevelt dies and Harry S. Truman becomes President
July Potsdam Conference
This was between Stalin, Truman and Churchill, later Clement Attlee (and Chiang Kai
shek from China)
Agreed - set up a Council of Foreign Ministers to organise the re-building of Europe
- Ban the Nazi Party and prosecute Nazis as war criminals in a special court
run by the Allies at Nuremberg
