On this day, the 4th of February 1945. The Yalta conference between the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union decided the fate of post-war Europe.
On this day, the 4th of February 1945. The Yalta conference between the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union decided the fate of post-war Europe.
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The main agreements decided during this conference are the following :
-The holding of free elections in the liberated European nations
-The demilitarization and denazification of Germany
-The Soviet Union’s entry into the war against Japan, in exchange for which they would be given South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands
-the division of Germany into three occupation zones by the three victors: the United States, the USSR, and the United Kingdom (later, Churchill supported a division of Germany into four zones, with the fourth one being occupied by France.)
-Poland’s moved to the west: it cedes territories to the USSR and receives in compensation territories taken from Germany and the establishment of the Soviet-Polish border on the line of the German-Soviet pact of 1939.
-Some modalities concerning the functioning of the UN whose creation was decided in 1944 at the Dumbarton Oaks conference: the right of veto of the permanent members of the Security Council will apply in all cases except for procedural questions; the USSR asks for as many seats as it has republics, but obtains “only” three (one for the Soviet Union, plus two for the Ukraine and Belarus); the UN will have a right of oversight on the organization of Europe.
Or as we call it “the second betrayal of Poland”.
The day when america betreyed Europe. My country Poland was so fucked by this. Entire eastern Europe was fucked. Once proud countries left on the plate for Soviets. Poland lost two most importants for its culture cities Lwów and Wilno. So many people were moved forcibly from their homes where they lived for generations. And im not talking only about poles. I feel bad for german civilians too. Personaly my family was effected by this too. Forcibly moved to ruined Breslau, forced to rebuild and “polish” the city into Wrocław.
Sad day ideed.
Serious question.
Do Polish think that Lithuania, Ukraine and Bielorrusia should give back those territories at some point?
I think that in the case of Ukraine there is still a lo of Polish living there, right?
Is Franklin holding a sig?
Peace has a price. Western Europe got the peace and Eastern Europe paid the price.
All Eastern Europe was f’ed after WW2. I do not blame Western Europe or US for this. But I do blame the people who allowed and supported comunist ideology in the first place. Which takes us back to times before WW2.
Since history can not be changed, we can at least learn from it. And we should never allow such ideologies to ever ascend to power.
Almost as if no one was ready for the photo except the guy in the back on the right.
Fates of entire nations decided by a genocidal maniac, a white supremacist and some dude from another continent who probably didnt know the names of half of them.
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