Question

How did the Yalta conference lead to tensions between the United States and the Soviet union

Answer 1

There were several agreements made at this conference. When World War II ended, the Soviet Union didn’t follow some of them, leading to the start of the Cold War.

One agreement that was made that wasn’t followed dealt with the post-war government in Poland. We wanted to be sure that some members of the pre-war Polish government were in the post-war Polish government. The Soviet Union agreed to have this happen and to allow for free elections. After the war ended, the post-war Polish government had very few members of the pre-war Polish government in it, and there were no signs of free elections.

Another agreement was known as The Declaration of Liberated Europe. The agreement said that the people would be able to determine the kind of government they would have in their country. However, the King of Romania said he was pressured by the Soviet Union to have a communist government. This was another example showing we couldn’t trust the Soviet Union.