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The Treaty of Versailles, First Tehran
Conference and the Yalta Conference
By: Anna Vaughn
Treaty of Versailles
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June 28, 1919
Supposed to have led to the rising of the Nazi party
Germany loses territory and all land overseas
Limits on the German army and navy
Features 440 Articles
German complaints ignored
Deviated from Wilson’s Fourteen Points
First Tehran Conference
• November 1943
• Big Three: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Winston
Churchill, Joseph Stalin
• Tehran, Iran: strategic importance to the Allies
• Agree on invasion of Normandy (Operation Overlord)
• Only unconditional surrender acceptable
• Eisenhower put in control of Operation Overlord
• Stalin promises aid for buffer zone between Russia
and Poland
Yalta Conference
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February 1945
In the Crimea
Second meeting of the Big Three
Abolition of the German military
Major war criminals to be tried before an international
court
• Soviet Union gain back territory previously lost to
Japan
• Soviets to allow free elections in recovered territories
Works Cited
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"The Yalta Conference, 1945." U.S. Department of State. 11 Jan. 2009
<http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/time/wwii/93273.htm>.
Hickman, Kennedy. "World War II: Tehran Conference." About.com:
Military History. 11 Jan. 2009
<http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/militarystrategies/p/tehran.htm >.
"Primary Documents: Treaty of Versailles, 28 June 1919 ."
FirstWorldWar.com. 28 Oct. 2001. 11 Jan. 2009
<http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/versailles.htm>.
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