Tehran conference

When and where was the Tehran conference ?

November 28th 1943 at the USSR’s embassy in Tehran, Iran

What 5 things were decided at the conference ?

• the foundations for the UN would be laid after ww2

• The USSR would invade japan after defeating Nazi Germany

• The USSR would invade Germany from the east

• Polish border moved west

• USA and britain would open a 2nd front by invading through NAzi occupied france

Who were the 3 leaders at the conference ?

Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill

Why was the conference so important ?

• It improved relationships

• It laid the foundation for the UN

• It attempted to defeat Nazi Germany, fascist italy and imperial japan

Britain caused tension through two things

• churchill wanted to open a 2nd front in the balkans and not in france

• roosevelt saw britains colonialism as a bigger threat than communism