Breakdown of the Grand Alliance (20h 58min, jan 3, 1941 y – 10h 46min, jan 2, 1945 y)
Description:
Conflicting aims of the Big Three meant tension between allies increased and the Col War beganTime period includes:
Moscow, Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam conferences
Liberation of Europe
US aims:
Global free trade and worldwide democracy
US security
Soviet aims:
USSR security
Reparations from Axis powers to rebuild economy
Regain lost land
British aims:
Ensure place as great power
Maintain friendly relationships with US/USSR
Democracy in Poland
Keep strategic resource interests (oil, colonial trade through Suez)
Added to timeline:
Date:
20h 58min, jan 3, 1941 y
10h 46min, jan 2, 1945 y
~ 4 years