HIS344Y1 Lecture : 3. The Demise of the Grand Alliance.docx
Document Summary
All three parties are aware that the war will end in months, so at the conference the three powers sat down to map out the post war world and settle outstanding issues; Acceptance of the soviet union to create an international organization (un), and bring in china; Four freedom: freedom of want, speech, political interference, fear. Want the soviet union"s engagement in the war with japan. (americans calculated to invade the. Japanese homeland, it would cost america over 1 million lives and no president could even survive (politically) such losses. Fully aware of britain"s weak position, churchill wanted france into the security council. Vichy government in france is collaborating with the nazi government, another concession from stalin. Territorial security for soviet union, especially poland. Agreed, because 90% of the german army bled on the eastern front dealing with the ussr. Also the ussr took on the most casulaties. Political objective needs to give way to military power.
