Aug 16, 2016 · The Tehran Conference during World War 2 was a hugely important meeting, and perhaps more importantly, a hugely dangerous proposition. Having all those leaders together in one place risked utter

Russia's Stalin declined to attend (citing the fighting at Stalingrad). One "real" reason may be that there was no totally safe, clear, path from Moscow to Morocco. (Stalin attended a later conference in Tehran, Iran, in November 1943, with the two others, at a place and time that was probably safer than Casablanca in January, 1943.)

Jul 27, 2017 · The first time I heard the story about the plans for German officers once the surrender happened was that Stalin wanted to summarily execute 50 thousand of them, Churchill was very angry about this...

Feb 26, 2016 · Allied leaders met in three (well, four considering Potsdam) conferences to discuss the future after the war -- the Casablanca conference in 1943, the Tehran Conference in 1943, and Yalta Conference in 1945. However, looking at the map, these locations seem problematic.

The government went to exile in London. The Yugoslav resistance forces consisted of two factions: the communist-led Yugoslav Partisans and the royalist Chetniks, with the former receiving Allied recognition only at the Tehran conference (1943).

Feb 21, 2016 · Interesting fact that British who received main part of strategic intelligence from ULTRA operation probably knew this very well, but were silent, and Churchill pressed for recognition of Tito as sole ally in Yugoslavia which culminated on switching Allied support for him on Tehran Conference 1943.

Apr 5, 2012 · Were there any attempts to assassinate Stalin? I haven't learned of any attempt to kill him, was he so brutal that no one tried to kill him?

Feb 18, 2016 · Perhaps because at the time of the invasion, no one knew for sure whether the bomb would be successful? (Indeed, did anyone in the European chain of command actually know about the project?) D-Day was June 6, 1944, the Trinity test wasn't until July 16, 1945.

Post-World War II Poland was "designed" by the British foreign office, presented by Churchill, and ratified by Roosevelt and Stalin at the Tehran Conference in 1943, as noted in another answer.

May 9, 2021 · In July, 1942, Germany's General von Manstein won the siege of Sevastopol. Shortly thereafter, Manstein and his 11th Army were sent to Leningrad, which the Germans were also besieging. I don't ques...