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Line 4: − + + + − Roosevelt clearly regarded the Soviet Union (not Britain) as the most important US ally and felt that he alone was capable of dealing with the Soviet leader. He also seemed prepared to grant most of Stalin's wishes and tended to override the opinions of his own staff and other allied leaders when they did not agree with Stalin's viewpoints. This bias in favor of the Soviet viewpoint is reflected in the results of the meetings at Teheran and Yalta, where the two leaders met and decided the postwar fate of Eastern Europe.
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==Goals==
==Goals==
While Stalin was preoccupied with the opening of the second front in Europe, Roosevelt's priority was to pave the way for a postwar organization based on the Atlantic Charter and dominated by the 'Big Four' (the United States, Britain, China, and the USSR) to assure world peace and security. To reach Soviet agreement Roosevelt had to disabuse Stalin of his belief in an anti-Soviet collusion between the United States and Britain and to forge a direct US-Soviet working relationship. Churchill wanted to avoid a very high casualty invasion of France of the sort that had caused so many deaths in World War I, and wanted instead more action in the Mediterranean. The problem was that this would postpone the defeat of Germany.
While Stalin was preoccupied with the opening of the second front in Europe, Roosevelt's priority was to pave the way for a postwar organization based on the Atlantic Charter and dominated by the 'Big Four' (the United States, Britain, China, and the USSR) to assure world peace and security. To reach Soviet agreement Roosevelt had to disabuse Stalin of his belief in an anti-Soviet [[collusion]] between the United States and Britain and to forge a direct US-Soviet working relationship. Churchill wanted to avoid a very high casualty invasion of France of the sort that had caused so many deaths in World War I, and wanted instead more action in the Mediterranean. The problem was that this would postpone the defeat of Germany.
Roosevelt clearly regarded the Soviet Union (not Britain) as the most important US ally and felt that he alone was capable of dealing with the Soviet leader. He also seemed prepared to grant most of Stalin's wishes and tended to override the opinions of his own staff and other allied leaders when they did not agree with Stalin's viewpoints. This bias in favor of the Soviet viewpoint is reflected in the results of the meetings at Teheran and Yalta, where the two leaders met and decided the postwar fate of Eastern Europe.
==Eastern Europe boundaries==
==Eastern Europe boundaries==
Secretly it was agreed to let Russia have not only eastern Poland but also part of Finland and parts of Romania. Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that the eastern borders of Poland would roughly follow the [[Curzon Line]]. The Polish government was not notified of this decision and the only information given was a press release claiming that "We await the day, when all nations of the world will live peacefully, free of tyranny, according to their national needs and conscience ". The result was Poland moved west, losing the Ukrainian provinces in the east and gaining formerly German provinces in the west.
Secretly it was agreed to let Russia have not only eastern Poland but also part of Finland and parts of Romania. Roosevelt and Churchill agreed that the eastern borders of Poland would roughly follow the [[Curzon Line]]. The Polish government was not notified of this decision and the only information given was a press release claiming that "We await the day, when all nations of the world will live peacefully, free of tyranny, according to their national needs and conscience ". The result was Poland moved west, losing the Ukrainian provinces in the east and gaining formerly German provinces in the west.