HIS 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Yalta Conference, Tehran Conference, Casablanca Conference
14 Dec 2018
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Stalin"s flirtation with nazi germany (1943: war"s turning point reached, west agrees to stalin"s terms on poland, all agree to move poland to the west. Three historical perspectives: beginning of cold war. It was the best deal possible in february 1945; succeeded in achieving the grand alliance"s primary end point: hitler"s defeat. Roosevelt: kept stalin happy; need red army against japan, get stalin to join the un, popular opinion and troop withdrawal. Churchill: guilt at failure to help russians, kept stalin in the grand alliance, percentage agreement: ink stalin to concrete positions relative to eastern europe. Resentment towards the west: delayed opening of second front, reneging on italy. Secure economic benefits to rebuild devastated ussr: reparations and territory. Endure ussr"s future security through acquisition of territory: buffer zone, german disarmament. Relative soviet weakness made postwar survival of alliance beneficial: good behaviour = western capital infusions, not in a position to win war with west.
