Yalta Conference February 1945

Question 1

When was the Yalta conference?

Answer 1

February 1945

Question 2

What was clear to the “big three” (Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt) by February 1945?

Answer 2

That Germany was going to lose the war

Question 3

Where did the “Big three” meet and what did they discuss?

Answer 3

They met in yalta Ukraine February 1945 to discuss what to do with the world after Germany’s defeat

Question 4

What happened at yalta in Japan?

Answer 4

Stalin agreed to enter the war with Japan after Germany had surrendered

Question 5

What happened at yalta with Germany?

Answer 5

Germany and Berlin would have been split into four zones - GB, USA, USSR and France
War criminals who had been responsible for the holocaust would have been punished

Question 6

What happened at yalta with Eastern Europe?

Answer 6

Free elections held in the countries liberated from nazi control
Eastern Europe would be Sen and the “soviet sphere of influence”

Question 7

What happened at yalta with the United Nations?

Answer 7

All three joined and would aim to keep peace after war

Question 8

What happens with reparations (fines) at yalta?

Answer 8

Germany would pay but the amount was undecided

Question 9

What was the disagreement at yalta about Poland?

Answer 9

• Stalin wanted Poland’s boarders has moved however Churchhill did not
• but Churchill knew that there was not much he could do about it as Stalin already had control over Poland and Eastern Europe
• Churchill accepted Stalin plan (and influenced FDR to accept) on the basis of the USSR did not interfere with Greece where the British were trying to prevent a Communist takeover. Stalin agreed