the tehran conference 1943 - key events

When was the Tehran conference?

1943

What was the focus of the Tehran conference?

how to defeat the Axis powers and win the Second World War.

How were the US Soviet relations at the outcome of the Tehran conference

• Roosevelt and Stalin had seen eye to eye on most of the points discussed, which strengthened the relationship between the USA and Soviet Union

Where is Tehran?

a city in Iran

Who were the people in leadership of the Big Three?

America - Franklin Roosevelt

UK - Winston Churchill

USSR - Joseph Stalin

What was the goal of the USA going into the Tehran conference?

• The USA wanted the Soviet Union to help them in the war against Japan

What was the goal of the UK going into the Tehran conference?

The UK wanted to open a ‘second front’ against Germany from the Balkans

What was the goal of the USSR going into the Tehran conference

The Soviet Union wanted to hold onto land from Poland and for the USA and Uk to open a ‘second front’ against Germany from the West

What were the 4 main agreements made at Tehran

• The USA and Uk would open a second front by attacking Nazi occupied france

• The Soviet Union would help the USA against Japan once Germany had been defeated

• Poland would gain land from Germany but lose land to the Soviet Union

• An international body should be set up after the war to ensure future peace (UN)

What were the agreements made regarding Europe

• Sphere of influence for Russia in Eastern Europe

• Western Europe become a British and American

‘sphere of influence’ where capitalism would be

dominant.

What was the main point of disagreement at the Tehran conference?

• They did not agree about Germany. Russia wanted Germany to be punished and to give up territory and pay reparations.

• Britain and the USA felt Germany should be rebuilt. They believed that the cause of WW2 had been the economic problems Germany had as a result of its harsh treatment at the end of the WW1

What was the impact of the Tehran conference on US Soviet relations. Explain your answer

• The conference at Tehran had a positive impact on the relationship between the USA and Soviet Union:

  • Stalin had been concerned about the Soviet Union fighting Germany alone in the East and was pleased that a second front beginning in northern France had been agreed

  • Roosevelt had supported Stalin in attacking Germany from the West and not from the Balkans as Churchill had wanted

  • Stalin had agreed to support the USA in its war against Japan

What was the impact of the Tehran conference on US UK relations. Explain your answer

• The conference at Tehran had a negative impact on the relationship between the USA and UK:

  • Roosevelt was sometimes more worried that British colonialism was a greater threat to world peace than the Soviet Union

  • Churchill was disappointed that Roosevelt had sided with Stalin in opening a ‘second front’ in northern France