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World War II Conferences

World War II Conferences. Mr. Phipps American History. London Economic Conference June 12, 1933 66 Nations. Goal: to organize a coordinated attack on the global depression Essential to revive world trade Roosevelt withdrew from conference Withdrawal caused the whole conference to collapse

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World War II Conferences

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  1. World War II Conferences Mr. Phipps American History

  2. London Economic ConferenceJune 12, 193366 Nations • Goal: to organize a coordinated attack on the global depression • Essential to revive world trade • Roosevelt withdrew from conference • Withdrawal caused the whole conference to collapse • Emphasized isolationism and American “protectionism”

  3. Munich ConferenceSeptember 29, 1938Germany, France, Britain, Italy • Hoped to maintain peace by appeasing Germany/Hitler • Betrayed Czechoslovakia to Hitler--allowed Hitler to take Czech in exchange for leaving the Sudetenland • Hitler promised that the Sudetenland was “the last territorial claim I have to make in Europe” • Hitler broke his promise in March of 1939 and took the rest of Czechoslovakia

  4. Molotov-Ribbentrop TreatyAugust 23,1939Germany, Russia • Formalized alliance between U.S.S.R. and Germany • Considered the “Soviet-German Nonaggression Pact” • Defined secret protocols and spheres of influence in Eastern Europe • Agreed to jointly take over Poland • Would later be violated by Hitler

  5. Purpose: To uphold the Monroe Doctrine in the face of global aggression Share information for mutual defense If aggressive action was taken by any non-American nation is made, all American nations would confer to decide on measures to take Havana ConferenceJuly 21, 194020 Western Hemisphere Countries, U.S.

  6. Atlantic CharterAugust 14, 1941Britain, U.S. (later included Russia) • Formalized the alliance between Great Britain and America • Established war-time strategy--”Europe first” • Developed post-war plans • No territorial changes • Self-Determination • Establishment of the United Nations • Facilitate free trade • Demilitarize

  7. CasablancaJanuary 14, 1943U.S. and Britain • Establish military strategy • Step up war in Pacific • Invade Sicily • Increase pressure on Italy • Agreed that belligerents would be forced to surrender unconditionally • Brought the two exiled French resistance leaders, Henri Giraud and Charles de Gaulle, together

  8. Cairo ConferenceNovember 1943U.S., Britain, China • Determine postwar settlement of Asia • Restore all Chinese land from Japan • Secure Korean sovereignty • Permit return of Taiwan and Manchuria to China • Stalin refused invitation because a meeting with Chiang Kai-Shek may have provoked a war between Japan and Russia

  9. TehranNovember 28, 1943U.S., Britain, Russia • First time the Big Three met together • Discussed military strategy • Open Second Front--D Day invasion • Simultaneous Third Front--Russian counter-attack (pincer movement) • Russian commitment to attack Japan after German defeat • Inconclusive regarding postwar Germany

  10. Bretton Woods Economic ConferenceJuly 1, 194444 Nations • International monetary fund • Fixed exchange rate based on gold • International bank for reconstruction and development

  11. YaltaFebruary 4, 1945U.S., Britain, Russia • Soviet Concessions • Allow free elections in Poland • Commitment to support war in Asia within 3 months of German surrender • Soviet Compensation • Russia allowed to determine Polish boundaries • Receive territory in Manchuria, Sakhalin Islands, Chinese ports • Proposed formation of United Nations • Established war crimes trials • Proposed division of Germany into four cooperative zones

  12. PotsdamJuly 17, 1945U.S., Russia, Britain • First conference to include Truman • Decided that Japan must surrender unconditionally or risk total destruction • Truman alludes to the atomic bomb • Established cooperative council to administer Germany • Promoted safe transfer and return of war refugees • Soviet declaration that there will be no free elections • The West considers this an act of betrayal • Beginning of the Cold War

  13. NATOApril 4, 194912 Countries • North Atlantic Treaty Organization • Considered the “Sword and Shield” of the United Nations • Intended as the military means by which to safeguard freedom, democracy, the rule of law, and individual human rights--under the control of the American military • United pro-Western countries to provide regional stability against the spread of Communism

  14. The Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual AssistanceWarsaw PactMay 12, 19558 communist nations • Established as a counterbalance for NATO • Unified Eastern European countries under Soviet leadership • Ensured integration of military, economic, and cultural policies • Furthered the Communist ideals

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