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[[Image:Teheran conference.jpg|right|thumb|300px|(L-R) Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill on the portico of the Russian Embassy in Teheran, during the conference.]]

[[Image:Teheran conference.jpg|right|thumb|300px|(L-R) Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill on the portico of the Russian Embassy in Teheran, during the conference.]]

The '''Teheran Conference''' was most significant conference between the [[Big Three]] Allied leaders during World War II. It was held in Teheran, Iran (Persia) from 28 November to 1 December 1943. It brought together for the first time [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] and Soviet dictator [[Joseph Stalin]].  The main achievement was a growth in mutual trust between the Soviets and the Americans, with the British left out in the cold.  At the conference the leaders agreed to concentrate their combined power in 1944 in a giant East-West pincer movement against Germany. To fulfill this pledge, the Americans and British promised to launch the invasion of northern France—Operation Overlord—in May, 1944. The Soviets promised a supporting attack on the Germans—Operation Bagration—from June through September. Roosevelt, with Stalin's help, put pressure on Churchill to support the cross-channel invasion, reducing the Mediterranean to a secondary theater. The Soviets also agreed to American requests to enter the war against Japan as soon as Germany was defeated.  Stalin also agreed to vague plans Roosevelt had for a postwar United Nations.  All the promises were kept. Conservatives have criticized Roosevelt for trusting Stalin too readily, and for not realizing Stalin's plans to rule Eastern Europe using the Red Army and the Communist party.

The '''Teheran Conference''' was most significant conference between the [[Big Three]] Allied leaders during World War II. It was held in Teheran, Iran (Persia), which was occupied by the Soviet [[Red Army]] at the time, from 28 November to 1 December 1943. It brought together for the first time [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], British Prime Minister [[Winston Churchill]] and Soviet dictator [[Joseph Stalin]].  The main achievement was a growth in mutual trust between the Soviets and the Americans, with the British left out in the cold.  At the conference the leaders agreed to concentrate their combined power in 1944 in a giant East-West pincer movement against Germany. To fulfill this pledge, the Americans and British promised to launch the invasion of northern France—Operation Overlord—in May, 1944. The Soviets promised a supporting attack on the Germans—Operation Bagration—from June through September. Roosevelt, with Stalin's help, put pressure on Churchill to support the cross-channel invasion, reducing the Mediterranean to a secondary theater. The Soviets also agreed to American requests to enter the war against Japan as soon as Germany was defeated.  Stalin also agreed to vague plans Roosevelt had for a postwar United Nations.  All the promises were kept. Conservatives have criticized Roosevelt for trusting Stalin too readily, and for not realizing Stalin's plans to rule Eastern Europe using the Red Army and the Communist party.

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