1945: Yalta Conference

DATE: February 4-11, 1945

DESCRIPTION: The Yalta Conference was a conference held in WWII during a period of time when Germany’s defeat was inevitable. It took place between the heads of the governments of the USA, UK and Soviet Union: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin respectively. These three nations were trying to establish how to govern post-war Germany. Stalin and the US/UK disagreed on many things during this conference and many mutual suspicions arouse between the US and the Soviet Union. However Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to some his demands.

BLAME: World War 2 could be considered to be what caused this war because this meeting was intended mainly to discuss re-establishing the nations of the now war-torn Europe due to it. Germany was at the point where they were almost about to surrender and decisions had to be made regarding what would happen after that. Many decisions were made during this conference that would influence post-war Europe.

TENSION INCREASE: The tensions were arising with the Soviets taking full blame for the tensions to surmount. The conference was divided, with Stalin on one side and Roosevelt/Churchill on the other. Stalin refused to back down from his demands, such as extending the Polish border too far west for Western allies to agree with, and mutual suspicions rose between the nations because of this. +1

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