The ‘Big Three’ Conferences
Yalta, February 1945
Europe, Feb 1944
TASK 1: Study the map of Europe. Where did the
Allies get in Europe? Who was more likely to
reach Berlin first? Why made Stalin’s position
strong in the conference?
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TASK 2: Location of the conference. Why was
Yalta chosen as a location for the conference?
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Yalta, agenda
TASK 3: Try to suggest the main points on the
agenda of the conference. What were Stalin’s
priorities? Roosevelt’s? Churchill’s?
occupation zones (Germany, Austria)
maximum advance of armies
reparations
future of Poland
USSR joining war against Japan
show
punishment
of clues
war criminals
free elections in liberated countries
Yalta Group Work
TASK 4: Group Work
Work in four groups representing delegations of USSR,
USA, Great Britain and German Democrats. Consider
the three given topics and mark on the maps your
suggestions.
Click on the ovals to continue.
Line of
maximum
advance of
the armies
Occupation
zones in
Germany
and Austria
New borders
of Poland
The End
Demarcation Line
Imagine that you are members of the delegation
representing the interests of your country at the
Yalta conference.
Where would you draw the line of maximum
advance of the Red Army and the US and British
armies? Draw your line into the flipchart map.
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final decision
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Demarcation Line 1945
Areas
liberated by
May 1, 1945
Torgau was
the first place
where the US
Army and the
Red Army met.
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Occupation Zones
Imagine that you are members of the delegation
representing the interests of your country at the
Yalta conference.
Where would you draw the borders of the
occupation zones in Germany and Austria?
Draw your line into the flipchart map.
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final decision
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Occupation Zones
Notice the
unresolved
Saarland and the
division of Berlin
and Vienna.
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Dispute over Poland
Imagine that you are members of the delegation
representing the interests of your country at the
Yalta conference.
Where would you draw the new borders of
Poland? Draw your line into the flipchart map.
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final decision
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Dispute over Pland – eastern border
Notice the
similarity between
the 1945 border,
the 1939 NaziSoviet pact border
and the 1920
Curzon line.
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Europe, Feb 1944 - map
Legend:
area controlled by
the Axis powers
area liberated by
the Allies
neutral countries
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