Exercises on WWII - Peace Accords

During the last years of World War II , the leaders of the main allied countries held meetings in Tehran , Yalta and Potsdam to draw up the peace agreements . Several measures of world reorganization were defined in these meetings, indicate which of the alternatives below is incorrect regarding the measures taken.

a) Discussion of the creation of the United Nations.

b) Germany shares four areas of influence.

c) Creation of the Nuremberg Tribunal.

d) Creation of the League of Nations.

The debates on the creation of the United Nations (UN ) took place between the leaders of Great Britain, the USA and the USSR, with the aim of constituting an international organization capable of mediating the conflicting interests of the member countries, and thus avoiding new war conflicts, such as World War II. Which of the alternatives below indicates the meeting that decided to create the UN:

a) Yalta Conference in 1945.

b) Tehran Conference in 1943.

c) Potsdam Conference in 1945.

d) Paris Conference, in 1946.

How was German territory divided right after World War II?

During the Potsdam Conference, held in the suburbs of Berlin, in August 1945, the leaders Stalin, Harry Truman and Clement Attlee decided to adopt a process of denazification of Germany, which consisted in the adoption of several measures to weaken the economic power and German military. However, the most famous measure to combat Nazism was the:

a) Division of Germany into four occupation zones.

b) Division of Berlin into four occupation zones.

c) Creation of the Nuremberg Tribunal to try war criminals.

d) Demilitarization of Germany.

Letter d. The League of Nations was created after the First World War, as a measure to avoid new conflicts, an objective that was not achieved.

Letter a. It was at the Yalta Conference that the leaders of the main allied countries decided to create the UN.

Germany was divided into four areas under the influence of the United States, France, England and the Soviet Union. The city of Berlin was also divided in the same way. However, the areas of the first three countries were transformed, in 1949, into West Germany, and the area of ​​influence of the USSR, into East Germany.

Letter c . Despite taking several measures to dismantle the economic, political and military structure created by the Nazis, the most famous action of the Potsdam Conference was the creation of the Nuremberg Tribunal, in which several members of the Nazi party were tried and convicted of war crimes.