This site provides a comprehensive overview of many conferences between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill and the Allies' conferences with Stalin and others during World War II and includes links to related resources and media.

After Franklin Roosevelt's meeting with other Allied leaders in Tehran and Cairo in December, 1943, he gave a fireside chat on December 24 to inform the American public what transpired and how the Allies planned on ending the war.

This site provides an unbelievable analysis of the Iron Curtain speech given by Winston Churchill. Includes questions for students to answer, primary sources, transcripts of the primary sources, and useful notes that explain the points...

The National Portrait Gallery explores presidendtial actions in regard to the Cold War. Click on Harry Truman to see what actions and decisions he made during his term of office. Read about his meeting with Joseph Stalin at Potsdam, the...

Contains letters of correspondence of Roosevelt and Truman with Stalin on Lend Lease and other aid to the Soviet Union.

A great article from the New York Times on January 24, 1943, reporting on the meeting between President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill at Casablanca. At this meeting it was confirmed that the United Nations would accept only...

This article discusses the uneasy alliance maintained by Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II and the implications of this alliance on the development of the Cold War.

The outbreak of World War Two in Europe began with Hitler's invasion of Poland. Through text and a colored graphic flowchart, the events and battles and eventual end of the war, can be visually traced. Suitable for both students and...

This site gives a great overview of the early Cold War under President Truman. Describes relations with the Soviet Union, the atomic bomb, actions in western Europe, and the Korean War. A great piece that gives the reader a fantastic...

Stalin's memo to representative W. Averell Harriman following a conference with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister W. Churchill on military planning of WWII against Hitler.

Presented is the document issued by Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at the conclusion of the Tehran Conference in December, 1943. Included is information about the launching of Operation Overlord, which led to...

Examines the diplomatic negotiations among the Big Three leaders - Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin - during World War II. Discusses the invasion of North Africa, the invasion of Europe, the shock of seeing the impact of the Holocaust...

The Tehran Conference between Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin took place between November 28 and December 1, 1943. Read the notes of the of the dinner meeting that took place on November 29, which primarily dealt...

The Tehran Conference between Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin took place between November 28 and December 1, 1943. Read the minutes of the dinner meeting on November 28 where many issues concerning war strategy...

Read the document that presented the protocal adopted at the Yalta Conference which addressed many world issues, primarily what would happen with Germany and Japan at the end of World War II.

This is a very extensive look at the Yalta Conference. Find the problems addressed at the conference, the enumerated possible solutions, the positions each of the Big Three leaders held, and the actual results of the conference. Included...

A thorough discussion of what transpired at the Tehran Conference in December, 1943, among the Allied leaders. Find out about future war strategy as well as postwar plans for Europe and the Pacific.

Historian Michael Beschloss discusses Harry S. Truman's role in the Potsdam Conference and examines how his decisions there paved the way for the Cold War. (December 2002)

An extensive site chronicling the public consensus shown to the media among Allied members: the USSR, Great Britain, and the USA. Gives ample primary sources and student activities.

This excellent lesson plan lays out the framework of the lead-up to World War II in Europe. It covers the problem the support of Czechoslovakia caused Great Britain and France, the policy of appeasement exercised by Prime Minister...

From a larger Library of Congress exhibit on Winston Churchill, this document is a memorandum of a conversation Churchill had during a dinner at the Yalta Conference. Zooming in allows the document to be read.

Read about the meeting in Yalta in February, 1945, between President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Marshal Joseph Stalin. Find the statement released on February 7 that discusses the purpose of the meeting, and read a...

A brief description of each major conference held by members of the Allies in World War II discussing how the course of the war would be fought and ideas of what would happen when the war ended.

This site provides a concise summary of the decisions made by Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin at the Yalta Conference in 1945.