yalta potsdam

Read page 72. You need to be able to describe the differences between the Yalta conference (February 1942) and Potsdam conference (July 1942). By recognising the differences between the conferences, you will begin recognising why the wartime alliance fell apart.

Key Changes 1) Changes in leaders; attitudes towards one another changed.

2) Poland; Stalin went back on what had been agreed at Yalta.

3) Use of atom bomb against Japan At Yalta, the Allies had reached agreement over a number of key themes. They had agreed on free elections in Poland, the division of Germany, and the trial of Nazi war criminals. Yet by Potsdam only five months later, the alliance had fallen apart. I am going to examine the reasons for this.

1) Roosevelt died in April 1945. He was replaced by Harry Truman.

(Explain how Truman was different from Roosevelt in his attitude to the Soviets) 2) A Communist government was placed in charge of East Germany and Poland (Explain how this broke the agreement made at Yalta. Mention why the Soviets did this) 3) Stalin was eventually told that the US had successfully tested an atom bomb.

(Why would this worry Stalin? (2 reasons) Explain why this might explain Soviet actions in Poland and Germany) Conclusion Finally, the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the war in the Pacific (Why were the Soviets unhappy about this? - 2 reasons) Total (10 Marks) Review/Evaluate I know a reason why the Soviets and Americans fell out ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

I can give three reasons why the Soviets and Americans fell out.

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I can provide what I think is the most important reason and explain why. It is reason (….) because; ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….