WWII Conferences Cut, match and paste the places, dates, decisions & leaders into your notebook.
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WWII Conferences WWII Conferences Cut, match and paste the places, dates, decisions & leaders into your notebook. Places & Places & Names Names Yalta Conference Atlantic Charter Potsdam Conference Casablanca Conference Cairo Conference Tehran Conference Dates Dates November 1943 August 1941 July-August 1945 January 1943 November-December 1943 February 1945 The Decisions The Decisions After Germany’s defeat, the Allies continued to debate post-war plans for Germany and Poland ; Truman told Stalin that the US had an “powerful new weapon”, but did not tell him that it was an atomic bomb Allies agreed that Germany would be divided and occupied after the war by the four major powers: US, UK, France and USSR; further discussions took place on the creation of the United Nations US & UK will seek the unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers, call upon the aid of the Soviet Union, and begin making plans to invade Sicily & Italy US, UK and China developed plans for defeating Japan, declared that Japan would be stripped of all conquered territories, and guaranteed the post-war independence of Korea In a secret meeting before the US had entered the war, the US & UK declare that they seek no territorial gains in war and that self-determination & freedom should be guaranteed to all people. Allied powers planned the opening of a “second front” in western Europe in the spring of 1944 and agreed to the creation of the United Nations; the Soviet Union agreed to join the war against Japan six months after the defeat of Germany.
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Transcript of WWII Conferences Cut, match and paste the places, dates, decisions & leaders into your notebook.
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Places & NamesPlaces & NamesYalta Conference
Atlantic Charter
Potsdam Conference
Casablanca Conference
Cairo Conference
Tehran Conference
DatesDatesNovember 1943
August 1941
July-August 1945
January 1943
November-December 1943
February 1945
The DecisionsThe DecisionsAfter Germany’s defeat, the Allies continued to debate post-war
plans for Germany and Poland ; Truman told Stalin that the US had an “powerful new weapon”, but did not tell him that it was an atomic
bomb
Allies agreed that Germany would be divided and occupied after the war by the four major powers: US, UK, France and USSR; further
discussions took place on the creation of the United Nations
US & UK will seek the unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers, call upon the aid of the Soviet Union, and begin making plans to
invade Sicily & Italy
US, UK and China developed plans for defeating Japan, declared that Japan would be stripped of all conquered territories, and guaranteed
the post-war independence of Korea
In a secret meeting before the US had entered the war, the US & UK declare that they seek no territorial gains in war and that self-determination & freedom should be guaranteed to all people.
Allied powers planned the opening of a “second front” in western Europe in the spring of 1944 and agreed to the creation of the United
Nations; the Soviet Union agreed to join the war against Japan six months after the defeat of Germany.
Charles DeGaulle (Fr.)
Harry S. Truman (US)
Winston Churchill & Clement Atlee (UK)
Winston Churchill (UK)
Winston Churchill (UK)
Winston Churchill (UK)
Winston Churchill (UK)
Joseph Stalin (USSR)
Joseph Stalin (USSR)
Joseph Stalin (USSR)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(US)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(US)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(US)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(US)
Chiang Kai-Shek (China)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(US)
Winston Churchill (UK)
WWII Allied ConferencesName Date Attendees Significance
Atlantic Charter Aug. 1941
Churchill, Roosevelt
US-UK cooperation to defeat the Axis Powers
Casablanca Conference
Jan. 1943
Churchill, Roosevelt, DeGaulle
Unconditional surrender; planned invasion of Italy
Cairo Conference Nov. 1943
Churchill, Roosevelt, Chiang Kai-Shek
Plans to defeat Japan
Tehran Conference Dec. 1943
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
Planned to squeeze Germany on three fronts, planned liberation of France
Yalta Conference Feb. 1945
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
Final war plans, post-war division of Germany, creation of UN, planned Soviet entry into war against Japan
San Francisco Conference
April-June 1945
50 nations Wrote the UN Charter
Potsdam Conference
July-Aug. 1945
Churchill/ Atlee, Stalin, Truman
Unconditional surrender of Japan, German demilitarization, reparations, and war criminal prosecutions
