1. End of World War II
Allied Conferences, VE day, Nuremberg Trials, Cold War, and the creation of the UN

2. Victory In Europe Day
After five years, eight months and six days The surrender took place in the headquarters of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
For Germany it was signed by Col. Gen. Gustav Jodl.
For the Supreme Allied Command it was signed by Lieut. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith.
For the Soviet Union it was signed by Gen. Ivan Susloparoff
For the French it was signed by Gen. Francois Sevez

3. Casablanca Conference
Jan , 1943
Roosevelt and Churchill met in Casablanca, Morocco (Stalin was invited but did not attend)
Met to plan the future global military strategy for the Western Allies
- decided to invade Sicily instead of immediately invading Western Europe
- planned strategy in Pacific and far East
- agreed on the concentrated bombing of Germany
Demanded an “unconditional surrender” from Germany Italy, and Japan

4. Cairo Conferences November-December 1943 First Cairo Conference:
- Churchill and FDR discussed plans for the Normandy Invasion
- with Chinese Leader, Chiang Kai-shek, declared goal to give back the territories Japan had seized since 1914 (Korean Independence
Second Cairo Conference:
- FDR and Churchill tried to persuade Turkey to join the Allied powers
- Roosevelt informed Churchill that he chose Dwight Eisenhower as supreme commander of the Normandy Invasion

5. Tehran Conference Nov. 28- Dec.1, 1943
FDR, Churchill, and Stalin discussed opening and second front in western Europe and an invasion of German-occupied France
Stalin wanted to keep the frontiers from the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact of 1939, the Russo-Finnish Treaty of 1940, and wanted the Baltic coast of East Prussia
3 Allied leaders unsure of what to do with Germany and a postwar international organization (UN)
Soviet Union disagreed with western Allied support of the Polish government stationed in London
Agreed to give Iran postwar independence and economic assistance for being partly occupied during the war.

6. Yalta Conference
Feb. 4-11, 1945
FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Yalta in the Crimea to plan the final defeat of Nazi Germany
The dividing up of Germany
The formation of the United Nations
German war reparations
The entry of Soviet forces into the Far-Eastern front (Japan)
The final, and most difficult issue, the future of Poland

7. Potsdam Conference July 17-Aug 2, 1945
President Truman, Prime Minister Churchill (later Attlee) , Premier Stalin
Germany was split up and control was given to many allied powers
National Socialism and Nazi ideologies outlawed
Germany disarmed and econ. Decentralized; development of agriculture encouraged
Ultimatum to Japan
Many disagreements and different interpretations of the Potsdam agreement; ultimately not a success

8. Victory In Europe Speeches
General Jodl----"With this signature," he said in soft-spoken German, "the German people and armed forces are for better or worse delivered into the victors' hands. "In this war, which has lasted more than five years, both have achieved and suffered more than five years, both have achieved and suffered more than perhaps and other people in the world.“
'God bless you all. This is your victory! It is the victory of the cause of freedom in every land. In all our long history we have never seen a greater day than this. Everyone, man or woman, has done their best. Everyone has tried. Neither the long years, nor the dangers, nor the fierce attacks of the enemy, have in any way weakened the independent resolve of the British nation. God bless you all.'

9. Nuremberg Trials Trials of Major German War Criminals
Held in the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg
Plead “Not Guilty”
Evidence and Witnesses
11 of the 23 Nazi’s sentenced to death
Goering commits suicide
Oct 16th War Criminals are hanged
Military Tribunal trials I, II, and III tried more suspected criminals

10. Nazi War Criminals
Karl Doenitz German admiral commanded navy, Hitler’s successor. (Served 10-year-sentence  Died in 1981)
Alfred Jodl Chief of Operations for the German High Command
(Jodl hanged in Nuremberg)
Wilhelm Keitel Chief of Staff of the German High Command
(Keitel hanged in Nuremberg)
Alfred Rosenberg Chief Nazi Philosopher and Reichminister (Rosenberg hanged in Nuremberg)
Albert Speer Reichminister of Armaments and Munitions
(served 20-year sentence He died in 1981 at age 76)

11. U.S. and Soviet Relations
U.S. and Soviet government extremely different
U.S. wanted free trade and freedom of the seas
Soviets wanted to keep out Western influences
Marshal Plan: US pays countries to keep them from Communism
Yalta Conference: meeting of US, UK, and SU to discuss Europe postwar reorganization
Roosevelt and Stalin argued over Poland, Axis’s reparations, and the demilitarization and denazification of Germany

12. Beginning the Cold War
Cold War: conflict between Communist Soviet Union and democratic United States
Used propaganda, economic war, diplomatic haggling and occasional military clashes
Refused to trade with each other,
Convinced other nations to take their side
Regulations like Truman Doctrine (declared fight against Communism) and NATO (North American Treaty Organization-military alliance)