There were three major conferences held in between 1943 and 1946, conferences which ultimately caused the ripples which held the world under siege for the better part of the late twentieth century. The first of these conferences was held in Teheran, Iran(1943). It took place just before the Germans surrendered, but the western Allies knew that at this point, victory was almost secured. The main issues discussed here was what should happen to the land that Germany had plundered and who should take control over the Baltic states, Eastern Europe, and especially Poland. The alliance between USA, England and the USSR was a very fickle and fragile one. They were only allies through convenience, and there was an incredible difference in the way they all saw the future of the world. The U

The three nation decided to have another conference, this time in the suburb of Berlin known as Potsdam. This conference was not to go as smoothly as the last two. Churchill started the conference by coining the phrase that as iron curtain had been hung of Eastern Europe, a phrase that would stick through the Cold War. Truman attacked Stalin's procedures of the past few months, saying that Stalin had been too ambitious, and that he had no right to break the rules stipulated by the conference at Yalta. Truman was a man with less tact than Roosevelt, and he lacked the diplomatic skills as well. The elections in Britain did not go favour of Churchill, and the new prime minister, Clement Atlee was sent across to mediate things at the Potsdam Conference, but he lacked the charisma of Churchill, and he had less influence on the course of the conference. With the lack of real British influence, it conference became a verbal battle between Truman of the USA, and Stalin of the USSR. There was no mediator in this conflict, and there seemed to be no sense of compromise. Both leaders wanted it their way. Stalin wanted the Germans to be completely crippled, but Truman feared a repeat of the Treaty of Versaille. Stalin wanted there to some sought of monetary compensation form Germany because of the huge Russian losses, but again Truman disagreed, stating that if their would be monetary reparation, Germany would once more plummet into recession, a breeding ground for another fascist, or communist uprising. Truman also felt that USSR had forced their way into the governments of Eastern Europe, an act which was deemed completely contrary to what was stipulated at Yalta - i.e. There should be free elections.

The contrast in the philosophies of both the USA, and the USSR was always going to make it hard for them to found grounds on which they could agree, and although the conferences at Teheran, and Yalta seemed to be peaceful, neither side completely trusted the other side, a feeling that became expressed at the conference at Potsdam. It was from that point onwards that the hatred between the capitalist USA, and the communist USSR was spawned into what became known as the Cold War.

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