10.+The+Yalta+Conference

The Yalta Conference: On February 4th – 11th 1945 President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met up at the Black sea called Yalta. The three leaders wanted to discuss the fate of Germany for eight straight days. Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin had different opinions. Stalin wanted a harsh approach and wanted to keep Germany divided into occupation zones. They are areas controlled by Allied military forces. He wanted this because he wanted to make sure that Germany would never again threaten the Soviet Union. (Danzer) His plan was to divide Germany into 4. Some of it would go to America some to British, some to the French, and some to the Soviet Union. Winston Churchill strongly disagreed. And President Roosevelt was acting as a mediator to Winston Churchill for two reasons. 1. He hoped that the Soviet Union would stand by its commitments to join the war against Japan that was going on during the conference. (Danzer) 2. Roosevelt wanted Stalin’s support for a new world peace keeping organization to b e named the United Nations. (Danzer) At the meeting of Yalta compromises were made between the three leaders. During the meeting Roosevelt convinced Winston Churchill to agree with a temporary division of Germany. Both Churchill and Roosevelt assumed that in time all zones would be brought together and reunite Germany. (Danzer) Also Stalin agreed to a free and unfettered election in Poland and other Soviet owned countries. He agreed to join in the war against Japan and also to participate in an international conference that took place in San Francisco. The USSR secretly agreed to enter the war against Japan within three months of Germany's surrender

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Profile Name: Joseph Stalin Birthday: December 21, 1879 Date of Incident:  February 4th – 11th 1945 Interest: Playing cards General info: Soviet Union ruler.

Works Cited Danzer A. Gerald, et al. __The American’s.__ Evanston, Illinois: McDougal Littell Inc., 2003. “Yalta Conference.” __Spartacus school net__. 21 October 2008 < http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWyalta.htm. > “Yalta Conference” 2007. __Info Please__. 21 October 2008. < http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0852937.html.>