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When and where did Yalta happen?
Feburary 1945 in Ukraine
What did they meet to discuss at Yalta?
What to do with Germany and Europe once victory was achieved
What did they agree on at Yalta? (5)
1. Divide Germany and Berlin into 4 zones
2. Germany pay Soviet for lost life and property
3. Stalin agreed to join the war against Japan
4. Stalin agreed Eastern Europeans would have free elections and Eastern Europe would be a soviet sphere of influence
5. Hunt and try Nazi war criminals in an international court of law
When and where did Potsdam happen?
July 1945 in Germany
What changes occurred between Yalta and Potsdam?
1. Soviet troops liberated countries but didn't leave
2. Communist government in Poland
3. Atlee replaced Churchill
4. Attitudes towards the USSR hardened
What did they agree on at Potsdam? (4)
1. How Germany would be divided and reparations would be distributed
2. The USSR could take some reparations from UK and US zones in return for supplying food and fuel
3. How would Austria be divided
4. Changes to Germany's border with Poland-former German territory became Polish
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