WWII CONFERENCES AND THE NUREMBERG TRIALS
2/43 CASABLANCA FDR AND CHURCHILL 1. DEMAND GERMAN UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER 2. WAR LEADERS WILL BE PUNISHED
FDR AND CHURCHILL AT CASABLANCA
11/43 TEHRAN FDR, CHURCHILL AND STALIN 1. AGREEMENT TO PLAN SIMULTANEOUS ATTACK ON GERMANY FROM EAST AND WEST 2. TWO FRONT WAR TO ALLOW ALLIES TO SQUEEZE GERMANY
TEHRAN
FDR, STALIN AND CHURCHILL AT TEHRAN
2/45 YALTA FDR, CHURCHILL AND STALIN 1. UNITED NATIONS TO BE FORMED 2. STALIN PROMISES TO HELP DEFEAT JAPAN 90 DAYS AFTER GERMAN SURRENDER 3. STALIN PROMISES TO ALLOW FREE ELECTIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE AFTER THE WAR 4. DIVISION OF GERMANY AND BERLIN INTO FOUR OCCUPATION ZONES AFTER THE WAR
YALTA
YALTA
7/45 POTSDAM TRUMAN, CHURCHILL AND STALIN 1. ULTIMATUM TO JAPAN: SURRENDER OR BE DESTROYED SURRENDER OR BE DESTROYED
POTSDAM
NUREMBERG TRIALS Captured Nazi and Japanese leaders put on trial for war crimes Most leaders are charged with Crimes against Humanity; many are executed Establishes the jurisdiction of the United Nations World Court in investigating and prosecuting war crimes
NUREMBERG TRIALS