The Yalta Conference Flashcards
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| 3743147535 | What happened in May 1945? | Hitler was deafeated |  | 0 |
| 3743154433 | What was the purpose of the Yalta conference? When was it? | The allies wanted to decide what would happen to Europe and Germany after countries were liberated from Nazi rule. February 1945. |  | 1 |
| 3743158930 | What leaders were part of the 'big three' (allies), at the yalta conference (feb)? Who was in the group at the Potsdam conference (July)? | Yalta: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin. Potsdam: Atlee, Truman, Stalin |  | 2 |
| 3743166985 | What was decided about Germany at yalta? | Germany would be divided into four zones, Berlin would also be quartered and given to Britain, France, America, and the soviets. |  | 3 |
| 3743170447 | What was decided about war criminals at Yalta? | War criminals were to be hunted down and punished, for the horror caused at concentration camps. |  | 4 |
| 3743173532 | Why was Stalin eager to expand the borders of the USSR (into germany and poland)? | The USSR suffered greatly in the war, with 20 million dead. Stalin wanted to expand in order to have more territory and a larger army in order to secure their safety in future conflict. |  | 5 |
| 3743178843 | How many soviets died in ww2? | 20 million |  | 6 |