Exercises on the Tehran Conference

(UFJF) In December 1943, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin held the Tehran Conference, which decided to open a new war front with the invasion of Normandy. This meeting marks a change in Germany's strategic situation, which starts to act on the defensive. The reversal in the war framework was due to:

a) rupture of the German-Soviet pact by the USSR, which liberated France.

b) unification of Korea and American control of Romanian oil.

c) alliance of the USSR with Japan, forcing the Axis to retreat in Asia.

d) Soviet offensive initiated at the Battle of Stalingrad and the Italian capitulation to the Allies.

e) proclamation of the Italian Social Republic by Mussolini, who broke the pact with Germany and dragged Yugoslavia

The Tehran Conference was also characterized by the animosity between Churchill and Stalin. The hostile atmosphere between the leader of the United Kingdom and the leader of the USSR had as main reason:

a) the fact that Stalin did not admit to making agreements with the British, since he also intended to invade England.

b) the fact that Churchill did not want to go to war with the supporters of Mussolini in Italy.

c) the fact that Stalin was suspicious of the strategy advocated by Churchill, which would involve exposing the Red Army to Nazi attack from all sides.

d) the fact that the Red Army no longer had any strategies for combating the Nazis.

e) the fact that the UK is unwilling to provide air support to the RAF (its air force).

Read the text and then tick the correct alternative.

Over the six months following Tehran, all the Allied camp's attention was focused on plans for the Normandy landings. The combined operation involved an unparalleled preparation effort. Transporting huge amounts of US weapons and men by air and sea was extremely complex. ( Davies, Norman. Europe at War (1939-1945) . Lisbon:Editions 70, 2008. p. 213.).

The “unparalleled preparedness effort” indicated by Norman Davies would culminate in “D-Day” and the victory of the Allies on both the Western and Eastern Fronts. The victory that came with the plans outlined in Tehran had consequences that demanded another Conference, which was held by:

a) Berlin

b) Potsdam

c) Washington

d) Yalta

e) Tokyo

During the Tehran Conference, Stalin called for a series of measures in his favor, especially concerning the situation in Eastern Europe. It is correct to say that, among these measures, was:

a) Destroy the Polish state.

b) Make Moscow the political center of all Europe.

c) Break up Yugoslavia.

d) Support the French resistance operating in the vicinity of Stalingrad.

e) Support Broz Tito, in Yugoslavia, and maintain the annexation of some regions of Eastern Europe by the USSR.

Letter D

The Second World War took a decisive turn after the strategies outlined at the Tehran Conference, given that the allies prepared the offensive against Germany and Italy, which was divided into two fronts, the western, with USA, UK, Brazil and other countries, and the east, with the Soviet Red Army.

Letter C

Winston Churchill was reluctant to give in to Stalin's demands, as he knew of the anti-democratic and totalitarian character of this leader, and he wanted to concentrate the Allied forces in regions that were not on the route of encounter with the Red Army so as not to give support. The objective, according to some historians, was to let the Red Army exhaust itself in the fight against Nazi troops.

Letter B

After the Allied victory in 1945, a new Conference was held in Potsdam, Germany (near Berlin). Once again, the leaders of the US, UK and USSR met to, this time, address the fate of Europe, especially Germany, in the decades to come.

Letter E

Stalin guaranteed the Red Army's support for the Allies' plans in exchange for favoring their interests in the Eastern European region. Among these interests was support for the communist leader of Yugoslavia, Joseph Broz Tito, and annexation of territories such as Poland, which had already been invaded by the Nazis at the very beginning of the war.