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Tehran Conference
Cold War
Question | Answer |
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When was the Tehran conference? | 1943. |
What was US president Roosevelt keen for the Big Three to do? | Meet up and 'cement' their wartime alliance against Hitler. Consolidate their 'friendship.' |
Once at the conference, what did Stalin push the allies to do? | Open a Second Front in France. |
What would this be for? | To take pressure off the USSR. |
What were Churchill & Roosevelt's reactions? | Churchill was reluctant but Roosevelt promised to an invasion in May 1944. |
When was this invasion later postponed to? | 6th June 1944. |
What did Stalin also do? | At the Tehran conference, other than suggesting to open up a Second Front, Stalin made big claims on Poland & Germany. However, details on these were to be left to sort out later. |
What was the USSR kind of and why? | Horrible as 95% of German deaths had been caused by the USSR! |
Why was there tension at Tehran? | Because Stalin was angry with Churchill. (ask someone why) |
Also, during this conference, what did the USSR ultimately think the USA was trying to do? | Take over Western Europe. |