Churchill, FDR, and Stalin at Yalta,
February 1945
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Conference
/Treaty
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Date
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Participants
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Highlights
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Molotov-Ribbentrop
Treaty
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August 23, 1939
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Germany, Soviet
Union
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Hitler and Stalin
sign non-aggression pact which meant the Soviets would not intervene if
Poland were invaded. Hitler later invaded Russia (June 22, 1941)
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Atlantic Conference
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August 1941
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Great Britain, US
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FDR and Churchill
approve the Atlantic Charter which supported self-determination, a new
permanent system of general security (a new League of Nations), and the
right of people to regain governments abolished by dictators.
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Casablanca Conference
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January 1943
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Great Britain, US
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FDR and Churchill
agree to step up Pacific war, invade Sicily, increase pressure on Italy
and insist on an unconditional surrender of Germany.
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Teheran Conference
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November 1943
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Great Britain, US,
Soviet Union
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Allies agree to
launch attacks from Russia on the east at the same time as US and Great
Britain attack from west.
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Yalta Conference
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February 1945
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Great Britain, US,
Soviet Union
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Stalin agreed that
Poland would have free elections after the war and that the Soviets would
attack Japan within three months of the collapse of Germany. Soviets receive
territory in Manchuria and several islands
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San Francisco Conference
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April 22, 1945
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50 nations
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United Nations Charter
approved establishing a Security Council with veto power for the Big Five
powers (US, Great Britain, France, China, and Soviet Union) and a General
Assembly.
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Potsdam Conference
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July 1945
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U.S, Great Britain,
Soviet Union
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Pres. Truman met
with Stalin and Churchill and agreed that Japan must surrender or risk
destruction. Atomic bomb successfully tested on July 16 and then dropped
on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
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