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The World after War. Planning for a world after the war beginThe Yalta Conference February 1945FDR, Winston Churchill and Stalin meetAgree to create a world peacekeeping organizationAgree to allow free elections in countries freed from the Axis powersStalin agrees to fight against Japan af
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1. The Cold War Begins Chapter 17
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2. The World after War Planning for a world after the war begin
The Yalta Conference February 1945
FDR, Winston Churchill and Stalin meet
Agree to create a world peacekeeping organization
Agree to allow free elections in countries freed from the Axis powers
Stalin agrees to fight against Japan after Germany is defeated
Roosevelt dies in April 1945
3. Change of plans Truman becomes President April1945
WWII ends August 1945
Russian troops occupy most of eastern Europe
Stalin wants Poland as a buffer between Russia and Germany
Does not allow free elections
Puts a pro-communist government in Poland
Another conference on what to do with Germany (treaty of Versailles)
4. Potsdam Conference Allies meet to decide fate of Germany Germany is divided up into four sections Berlin itself is divided into four sections as well Countries controlling the sections United States Soviet Union (Russia, USSR) Great Britain (Britain, UK) France