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Ended: December 1st, 1943
Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill
Decisions:
A united nations organisation was to be set up.
The USSR was to wage war on Japan upon Germany's defeat.
A section of Eastern Poland was to be given the the USSR to act as a buffer zone.
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The percentages agreement was an alleged agreement between Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill about how to divide southeastern Europe into spheres of influence. Country, GB, USSR
Romania, 10%, 90%
Greece, 90%, 10%
Yugoslavia, 50%, 50%
Hungary, 50%, 50%
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Ended: February 11.
Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt.
Agreements:
Germany/Berlin was to be divided into four zones.
Nazi-war criminals were to be hunted down.
Liberated countries were to be given free elections.
To join the UN, to maintain peace after WW2. Disagreements:
How much Germany was to pay for reparations, they didn't want a repeat of the treaty of versailles.
How much control Stalin was going to have over Poland. -
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Churchill (replaced by Attlee due to the UK general elections during the conference), Truman (replaced Roosevelt after he died of a cerebral hemorrhage in april 1945), and Stalin.
Due to 2/3 of the big three being replaced, Stalin had two new people to contend with and it would be harder for them to come up with a conclusive decision. -
By executive order of President Harry S. Truman, the US dropped the nuclear weapon "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, followed by the detonation of "Fat Man" over Nagasaki on August 9.
Although many people died in the initial bombings, survivors were left to survive under harsh conditions, most without families and many to eventually die a slow and painful death of radiation poisoning. HQ version of this event's image:
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The Japanese surrender brought WW2 to a close. With the shock from the nuclear bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki still on their minds and the soviets attacking (to fulfill their agreement from the Teheran and Yalta conferences) Emperor Hirohito intervened and ordered the Supreme Council for the Direction of the War to accept the terms for ending the war that the Allies had set down in the Potsdam Declaration. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan
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Winston Churchill gave the his speech "the sinews of Peace", in which he talked about the separation of western and eastern countries, refering to those behind the curtain being a part of the "Soviet sphere". A full transcript of the speech can be found here:
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(I was unable to find whhen during 1947 cominform was introduced, this is all I know)
The COMmunist INFORMation bureau was set up to co-ordinate communist parties throughout Europe.
Cominform was the Soviet response to the Truman doctrine. it was introduced to ensure that the states in Eastern Europe:
1. Followed soviet aims in foreign policy.
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Rebuilding and creating a stronger economic foundation for the countries of Europe. The US policy of sending money and offering aid to european countries to recover from WW2. It's intent was to stop the spread of communism, because the poorer countries were becoming communist.
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1946: Communist party were the largest in the coalition government. They also had control over the police and the army.
1948: Supported by the Soviet Union, the communist party used the army to seize control. Rigged elections brought a communist victory. Soon after, all other political parties were banned. -
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-check if dates are right future David
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