Preparations for peace August 1941, Roosevelt and Churchill met and agreed to the Atlantic Charter, which provided a theoretical basis for the peace they sought. – Freedom of fear and want for all people In 1943 Soviet, American and British leaders met at Tehran. They agreed to attack the western coast of Europe the following year.

Yalta and Potsdam February 1945, The Big Three met in Yalta. – Americans encouraged the Russians to join the war against Japan. – Agreed for self-determination of Eastern Europe after the war – A United Nations was agreed upon – Germany would be divided into four zones In July 1945, Big Three meet at Potsdam. – Germany was carved up into zones. – Tension over Soviet-occupied Eastern Europe

The Cold War Begins The U.S. and S.U. became the two superpowers after WWII The Soviet bloc and its satellites in Eastern Europe versus the Western Bloc or “Free World” Imperialism ended and the Third World emerged with newly independent nations 1946—Churchill, “an iron curtain has descended across Europe”

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