Yalta and Potsdam - Yalta Conference- Feb 1945- FDR, Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta, in the Soviet Union to discuss the fate of the postwar world - Allied leaders decide that France and China should be added as permanent members of the newly formed United Nations - Germany will be divided, as well as Berlin, into four zones that would be occupied by the US, USSR, France and Great Britain - FDR and Churchill make an agreement with Stalin that he would hold free elections in Soviet-occupied areas in E. Europe in exchange Stalin would be given East Poland - Stalin also promised support in Japan in exchange for islands in the northern Pacific Ocean - Potsdam Conference- Aug 1945- Truman, Churchill (who is replaced halfway through the conference by Attlee) and Stalin meet to discuss the fate of Germany and the unconditional surrender of Japan - This conference will create tension over the fate of Europe and the alliance between the West and Soviet Union An anecdote from Stalin on the Conference after the war: and Stalin went “Churchill, Roosevelt, hunting.” Stalin said. finally killed their bear. “They Churchill said, take the bearskin. Let “I’ll Roosevelt and Stalin divide the said, meat.’ “No, take the skin. Let Churchill and Stalin divide I’ll the Stalin remained silent so Churchill and meat.” Roosevelt asked Stalin, what do you him: “Mister Stalin simply replied, bear belongs to say?” “The me - after all, I killed it.’”
Yalta and Potsdam - Yalta Conference- Feb 1945- FDR, Churchill and Stalin meet at Yalta, in the Soviet Union to discuss the fate of the postwar world - Allied leaders decide that France and China should be added as permanent members of the newly formed United Nations - Germany will be divided, as well as Berlin, into four zones that would be occupied by the US, USSR, France and Great Britain - FDR and Churchill make an agreement with Stalin that he would hold free elections in Soviet-occupied areas in E. Europe in exchange Stalin would be given East Poland - Stalin also promised support in Japan in exchange for islands in the northern Pacific Ocean - Potsdam Conference- Aug 1945- Truman, Churchill (who is replaced halfway through the conference by Attlee) and Stalin meet to discuss the fate of Germany and the unconditional surrender of Japan - This conference will create tension over the fate of Europe and the alliance between the West and Soviet Union An anecdote from Stalin on the Conference after the war: “Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin went hunting.” Stalin said. “They finally killed their bear. Churchill said, “I’ll take the bearskin. Let Roosevelt and Stalin divide the meat.’ said, “No, I’ll take the skin. Let Churchill and Stalin divide the meat.” Stalin remained silent so Churchill and Roosevelt asked him: “Mister Stalin, what do you say?” Stalin simply replied, “The bear belongs to me - after all, I killed it.’”
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