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Creating Peace Setting up a Post War World
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Conference/Players involved Significance Cairo 22 Nov – 26 Nov 1943 FDR, Churchill, Chiang Kai Shek Korea to be free Taiwan to be a part of China Unconditional win Tehran 28 Nov – 1 Dec 1943 FDR, Churchill, Stalin US and Britain agree to open a 2 nd front in Europe (France) Stalin agrees to help with Japan after Hitler’s defeat (reason for A-Bomb?)
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Conference/Players involved Significance Casablanca 1 Jan – 24 Jan 1943 FDR, Churchill, DeGaulle Unconditional surrender for Axis Nations Operation Torch 1 st THEN Overlord 2nd 2 nd Quebec Conference 9 Nov-16 Nov 1944 FDR, Churchill Agreed to divide Germany into 4 occupation zones
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Conference/Players Involved Significance Yalta 4 Feb – 11 Feb 1945 FDR, Churchill, Stalin Divide Europe between Democracy and Communism USSR to attack Japan 3 months after Germany surrenders Trials for losers San Francisco April – Oct 1945 30 Western & 15 Soviet States Created the UN (security council and membership)
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Conference/Players involved Significance Potsdam 17 July – 2 Aug 1945 Truman tells Stalin about A- Bomb Beginning of Cold War?
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Postwar Japan and Germany US occupied Japan for 5 years ◦ MacArthur leads, Hirohito allowed to remain as non- divine Germany to be divided between US, Britain, France, and Soviet Union
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Nuremburg Trials 12 killed, 7 imprisoned, 3 acquitted 1,000’s guilty of war crimes
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Tokyo Trials Tojo and several others hanged 4,000+ guilty of war crimes
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