the yalta conference 1945 - key events

what was the aim of the yalta conference?

to win ww2 and governing post war Europe

what is the significance/importance of the yalta conference?

This conference marked a high point in relations between the Grand Alliance and there were many things agreed.

what was Roosevelt’s goal (USA)?

• wanted the Soviet Union to confirm its support in the war against Japan and be part of the UN

what was Churchill’s goal (UK)?

the uk wanted free elections to be held in central and Eastern Europe after the war

what was Stalin’s goal (USSR)?

the soviet union wanted to keep the territory it had gained between the Soviet Union and Germany

What were the 5 main agreements at Yalta?

What was Yalta’s impact on US Soviet relations? Justify your answer with 4 points

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

  • The Soviet Union declared war against Japan in August 1945

  • The Soviet Union would be awarded half of the $20 billion reparations

  • Roosevelt was pleased that the three main states of the USSR -  Russia, Ukraine and Belarus - had agreed to join the United Nations 

  • Roosevelt was pleased free elections had been agreed to take place in Eastern Europe

What was Yalta’s impact on USSR - UK relations? Justify your answer

• The conference at Yalta had a negative impact on the relationship between the Soviet Union and UK:

  • Stalin wanted a pro-communist government to be elected in Poland whereas Churchill supported the non-communist London Poles

What were their differing beliefs of democracy between the US and USSR?

• Stalin - democratic government = communist government as only communists truly represented and stood for the working people.

• Roosevelt - democracy meant having a number of political parties (something not

  allowed in the USSR) competing to win people’s support in free and open elections.

What was the success of the Yalta conference based on

The success of the Yalta conference was largely based on Stalin’s relationship with the American President,

Roosevelt.

What events triggered the rise of tensions two months after the conference. Why?

However, within two months of the conference ending President Roosevelt would be dead. The new President, Harry S. Truman, was less willing to compromise with Stalin