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
|
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
|
Great
Britain, US
|
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
|
January
1943
|
Great
Britain, US
|
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
|
November
1943
|
Great
Britain, US,
Soviet Union
|
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
|
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
|
|
San
Francisco Conference
|
April
22, 1945
|
50
nations
|
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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