The Wartime Conferences: The opening shots of the cold war:
*By 1941 the leaders of the 'Big Three' nations (Russia, U.S.A, and Great Britain) met to discuss the running of the war
*They met:
-NewFoundland, Aug. 1941
-Casablanca, Jan. 1943
-Quebec, Aug. 1943
-Teheran, Nov-Dec. 1943 (Determined Polish borders, opening of a Second Front, Soviets agree to join the Pacific war)
-Yalta Feb. 1945 (Formalized the zones of dividing Germany, Stalin promised to join Pacific war, Stalin promised free elections in Soviet liberated areas)
->divided literally like a pie
->Still have American forces present there
-Potsdam, July-Aug. 1945 (Talks about how to disarm Germany, War criminals, reparations. Also Allies trying to avoid Eastern issues to get Russia in the Pacific war)
->War criminals become a big topic because concentration camps have been discovered
->Start of the Nuremburg trials
*They met:
-NewFoundland, Aug. 1941
-Casablanca, Jan. 1943
-Quebec, Aug. 1943
-Teheran, Nov-Dec. 1943 (Determined Polish borders, opening of a Second Front, Soviets agree to join the Pacific war)
-Yalta Feb. 1945 (Formalized the zones of dividing Germany, Stalin promised to join Pacific war, Stalin promised free elections in Soviet liberated areas)
->divided literally like a pie
->Still have American forces present there
-Potsdam, July-Aug. 1945 (Talks about how to disarm Germany, War criminals, reparations. Also Allies trying to avoid Eastern issues to get Russia in the Pacific war)
->War criminals become a big topic because concentration camps have been discovered
->Start of the Nuremburg trials
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Summary
The wartime conferences were held to help decided what was to be done with Germany once again. It was the beginning of Nuremburg trials which were largely focused on war criminals now that the holocaust have been completely exposed.