1. What was decided at the Three WW2 Conferences
What was decided at the Three WW2 Conferences? Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam
1943, 1945

2. Outcomes
All will know a number of decisions made at the Three Conferences
Most will use a mnemonic to remember the key decisions of each Conference
Some will understand why these decisions were made

3. Timeline 1945 – 1943 - Tehran Conference Yalta Conference (Feb)
Potsdam Conference (July-Aug)
Tehran Conference
1943
1991
1945 – End of World War 2

4. Which of the following flags do you recognise?
Connector
Which of the following flags do you recognise?

6. Russia/
USSR/
Soviet Union
America/ USA
Germany
Britain/ UK

7. Teacher explanation
1943
The Allies – Britain, the USA and the USSR - are finally winning the war against Germany. Hitler’s forces are being forced back in Africa, and Stalin’s armies have defeated the German armies attacking Russia.
The time had come to fight back and push the Nazis back further and try to win the Second World War.
By the time the leaders of the Allies met in 1943, in Tehran, they were already starting to look ahead to the end of the war. Let’s look at what they decided to do.

8. Repeat Stand up and chant the following 3 times: BUGS GREW BREAD
We will use this to memorise the key features of three World War Two Conferences

9. The Tehran Conference February 1943 (BUGS)
Britain and America would invade Nazi-controlled France.
United Nations Organization would be set up after the war.
Generals and military bosses would keep in close touch.
Stalin would fight Japan once Germany was defeated.
Describe one decision that was made about the war at the Tehran Conference (2 marks).

10. Describe one decision that was made about the war at the Tehran Conference (2 marks).
1 mark – simple statement, eg :
“The USA and the UK decided to invade
Nazi controlled France.”
2 marks – developed statement, eg :
Nazi controlled France. This would mean that Germany would be fighting on two fronts, with Russia in the East.

11. Who made these decisions?
At Tehran, the Allies were represented by their leaders – three very powerful men.
Britain was led by its Prime Minister Winston Churchill
America was led by its longest-serving President, Franklin D. Roosevelt
USSR was led by the dictator Joseph Stalin

12. Winston Churchill Wants to win the war to keep Britain safe
Worried who runs Europe because he doesn’t like Communism
Distrusts Stalin but is prepared to work with him for now

13. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wants to win the war to create peace in the world
Prepared to allow Stalin some control over Europe
Thinks he can deal with Stalin on an equal basis

14. Joseph Stalin
Wants to win the war to keep Russia safe for now and the future
Desperately wants help to fight the war
Distrusts his Allies and wants to keep control over parts of Europe

15. Match the statement to the leader
Distrusts his Allies and wants to keep control over parts of Europe
Wants to win the war to create peace in the world
Worried who runs Europe because he doesn’t like Communism

16. Discuss Do you think these three leaders can work together?
What problems do you think there will be when deciding what to do after Germany is defeated?
HINT: Think about who controls Europe, and the different ways the USA and the USSR run their own countries.

17. Yalta Conference February 1945
Churchill Roosevelt Stalin

18. Yalta Conference February 1945.
How to achieve a peaceful Europe after the war?
De-Nazification …?
What is Stalin saying about Germany?
Free elections …

19. Yalta Conference February 1945.

20. Yalta Conference February 1945.
I need to keep up my good working relationship with Stalin as his eyes are on expanding westwards in Eastern Europe.
Punish war criminals and de-Nazify Germany!
Germany and Berlin must be divided into 4 zones … (mumbling and made to pay for the War!!)
Free elections for all liberated countries!

21. Differences
Winston Churchill lost the election and Clement Attlee became Prime Minister
Roosevelt died and Truman became President of the USA
How was Attlee different from Churchill?
How was Truman different from Roosevelt?
Note down the differences as we look through the next few slides

22. Potsdam Conference July-August 1945
Attlee Truman Stalin

23. Potsdam Conference July – August 1945
Suspicious of USA …
Only interested in …
Beliefs about Soviet borders …
Worried about Stalin because …

24. Potsdam Conference July – August 1945

25. Potsdam Conference July – August 1945
Does USA America have an Atomic bomb? If yes, then I want one too!
Potsdam Conference July – August 1945
I am more worried about the Empire and the state of the British nation.
To protect USSR’s borders Soviet troops will be left in liberated Eastern Europe.
The USA is going to have to get tough with Stalin.

26. Fact Sheet
Read through the fact sheet and test yourself on the key points from the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
Use the mnemonic to memorise the key decisions
In pairs, test each other on your knowledge

27. Exam question
Briefly explain the key differences between the decisions made at the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences in 1945 (6 marks)

28. How else can you remember?
This lesson has used one method to help you remember facts, but what else could you use to help you?
Visual - eg a rose for Roosevelt
Landmarks - think of your journey to school and use landmarks on the route to link with what you want to memorise
Rhymes – eg “A meeting of the Big Three, in Tehran in 1943”

29. This advert shows the “Big Three” getting along very well
In reality, though, the situation was rather different - the leaders of the Allies often found themselves disagreeing with one another, especially at Potsdam
By the way, this photo isn’t real! It’s a photo-montage advert for Diesel jeans.

30. Disagreements at Potsdam
The Allied Powers disagreed on: (ARGUE)
Arrest of non-Communist Polish leaders by Stalin
Reparations to be paid – Stalin wanted more
Germany’s future – Stalin wanted to cripple it, Truman wanted to help it recover
USA’s secret atomic bomb that Stalin found out about
Eastern European Communists coming to power

31. Quiz (10 questions) Who was the leader of the Soviet Union?
What order did the three conferences come in?
Why did Attlee take over from Churchill?
How was Truman different from Roosevelt?
What was done to Germany after the war?

32. Quiz (10 questions)
Who was this?
Why was he not at Potsdam?

33. Quiz (10 questions) When was it decided to set up the United Nations?
What are reparations?
Which conference is shown below?

34. Answers Stalin Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam
Attlee won the General Election in 1945
Truman was tougher with Stalin
Germany was divided into four zones.
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt
He died before the Potsdam conference
1943
Fines to pay for war damage
Potsdam Conference

35. Homework Learn the key decisions of all three conferences
BUGS GREW BREAD