B. Investigation The Yalta Conference took place from February 4 – February 11, 1945. During the Yalta Conference, the territorial division of Germany was discussed, and this caused Germany to have a political divide. Originally, Germany was to be divided into East and West Germany between the Yalta Big Three – Franklin D. Roosevelt (United States), Winston Churchill (United Kingdom), and Josef Stalin (Soviet Union). This territorial division resulted in Germany being separated politically. The German Democratic Republic, commonly referred to as East Germany, was under the Soviet Union’s influence, and they were ruled under communism. The Federal Republic of Germany, commonly referred to as West Germany, was under the Allies’ influence, and…
The Yalta Conference and the Korean War influenced the peacemaking process on American-Soviet relations in the period following World War II. In February 1945, Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin gathered together for a peace conference in Yalta, a Soviet city. It was agreed that the Soviet Union should regain some of the Pacific land lost in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War in return for Stalin’s renewed assurance to enter the Pacific war. They also decided on a plan for new…
Over the centuries the United States has seen and been through a lot. For Example The Yalta Conference, John F. Kennedy’s assassination as well as the Hostage Crisis in Iran. These events have occurred throughout the United States History from 1876 to our present day. Yalta Conference February 1945, Allied leaders came together knowing that their victory in Europe was practically impossible of loosing. At Yalta Churchill and Roosevelt talked with Stalin about the Soviet Union joining in the…
during the war. Finally, like the last piece, the Yalta Conference lead to both the end of World War II, and the start of the Cold War. The role of the attack of Pearl Harbor, Charles De Gaulle, and the Yalta conference contributed to World War Two by sparking events that…
One good thing that came of this war was the Yalta Conference, from document 6. This conference was with the three allied chiefs in which they discussed a plan to final the defeat of the Nazis. Stated in this document, they wanted to restore the sovereign rights and self-government to those who had been forcibly deprived of them by the aggressor nations. The Yalta Conference would then lead to the Cold War by the superpowers. President Truman decided that the only way to finally mark the end of…
The Second World War was one of the most challenging periods humanity has ever faced. The world was plagued by death and destruction caused by feuding countries in a war of power. During the war, the United States of America and the Soviet Union played a great role. Their military forces helped bring down Nazi Germany and recovered what was left of Europe. But issues ensued during these trying times that caused these wartime allies turn on each other and become enemies during the Cold War. What…
At the conference, they agreed upon dividing Germany into zones of occupation, all of which would be controlled by the Allied forces and their military troops. The Big Three also deciding upon the fact that Germany would pay the Soviet Union to compensate for its loss of life and property that they had faced during the war. The United States of America’s President at the time, Franklin D. Roosevelt, asked Stalin if he would join American troops in the fight against the Japanese troops in the…
States of America joined WWI due to beneficial economic relations with the Allies and German advances towards the American people. In 1919, The Treaty of Versailles resolved WWI, but left Germany in tremendous debt as they had to pay all war reparations. Because Germany was struggling, the Nazis rose to power under the leadership of Hitler. Adolf Hitler became the German dictator. WWII then began as the Allies felt that the spread of fascism and undemocratic practices needed to be halted. At…
especially due to the Yalta Conference, where vague agreements were stated but no real resolve was established. Another important factor that played into the hatred of these two countries was McCarthyism, the passionate hatred of communist. As a result of these factors the American-Soviet relationship was negatively impacted in the decade following the War. During World War II, the United States and Great Britain decided to ally themselves with the Soviet Union in January 1943. Around the same…
There were high tensions between the Soviet Union and America after the Second World War. Propaganda in the United States showed intense hatred of Stalin, and therefore the Soviet Union. Although the world leaders met and cooperated with one another, they had different opinions on the majority of topics, leaving several conferences with unanswered questions. The Yalta conference was one of those conferences that showed the dissimilar beliefs of Stalin and Roosevelt, The Korean War also proved…