Today we continue to talk about the "Tehran Conference". On November 28, 1943, at 4 p.m., the first formal meeting of the "Big Three" finally began. The meeting was held in a spacious, golden hall, and the furnishings were quite magnificent. In the middle of the hall was a super large round table with soviet, American and British flags. The roundtable of the "Big Three" has finally begun.
Let us first talk about the main members of the countries participating in the Conference. The Soviet side came the least, only Stalin, Molotov and Voroshilov, and so on. In addition to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, there is General Marshall, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, Special Assistant to the President Hopkins, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union Harriman, U.S. Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Kim, U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General Arnold, U.S. Army Logistics Secretary General Somerville, President Chief of Staff Admiral Lacey, and another is General Dean, head of the U.S. military mission to the Soviet Union. The Lineup of Americans is really strong, except for the generals on the front line, President Roosevelt brought all the senior generals who could be brought. The British were no worse than the Americans, with the exception of Prime Minister Churchill, Foreign Secretary Aiden, British Ambassador to the Soviet Union Cole, General Brooke, Chief of staff of the Imperial Army, Field Marshal Deere, British First Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Cunningham, Chief of Staff of the Royal Air Force, Air Force Admiral Porter, Chief of Staff of the British Ministry of Defence, General Ismay, Chief of Staff of the British Ministry of Defence, and General Martel, Head of british military missions to the Soviet Union. Churchill, this is also a high-ranking official who can pull the British over except for those on the front line, that is, the whole line is pulled over, and the posture is not worse than that of the Americans.
The meeting was presided over by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who said in his opening speech that for the first time members of the extended family of the Soviet Union, the United States, and Great Britain had gathered together. We must unite as one, and we have only one common goal: to win the world anti-fascist war. Below, Churchill's speech also said that this meeting is an unprecedented gathering of the righteous forces of the whole world in the history of mankind, and the happiness and destiny of mankind are completely in our hands. Stalin also agreed that the Soviet Union, the United States and Britain must be united and that our friendship is very important. I hope that everyone will make good use of this opportunity to eliminate fascism and that freedom belongs to the people.
These empty-headed pieces of soup are finally finished, now it is time to catch some dry goods to talk about, we are not here to open a talk show conference, we are here to hold a war meeting, these idle articles we will pull less, directly fish dry goods. Everyone is a thousand-year-old fox demon, so don't talk to me about "Liaozhai" here. First, Stalin spoke first, congratulating the Americans on their victory in the Pacific theater. Then Stalin said that the soviet union could not send troops to attack little Japan, and we had to concentrate our forces against the Germans. The Germans are united in heart, fierce, and stable in technology, and it is really difficult to fight. We have taken out all the money in the house, and the Soviet Union's strength in the Far East is only enough for defense, and if we take the initiative to attack, this number of troops is far from enough. Now the main enemy in the Soviet Union is the German fascists, and only after the end of the European war can we free our hands to gather heavy troops in the Far East and cooperate with the American army to jointly fight against Japanese fascism in the Pacific and Asian theaters. In the present Soviet-German battlefield, although the Soviets have eased up, the Germans are not easy to deal with, and only we in the Soviet Union on the entire European continent are carrying Germany alone. There are now 210 German divisions on the Soviet-German battlefield, and 50 non-German divisions. These 50 divisions are everyone. The Finnish division, the Hungarian division, the Romanian division, although this gang is a ragtag group. But 210 German divisions are really not in vain, a German division number of 13,000 to 14,000 people, you think how much pressure I have? Rommel also had two armored divisions in North Africa, neither of which numbered more than 50,000, chasing 200,000 British troops, which was to press 200,000 British troops to the ground and rub it, which was the combat strength of the Germans. In a "Battle of Stalingrad," I suffered nearly 2 million casualties. If Britain had been destroyed, a "Stalingrad defense war", we in the Soviet Union would have paid the price of more than 2 million casualties, and the victory would have been heaped with the lives and blood of our Soviets. Everyone is an ally, you can't just watch the hilarity on the side, the light will be a cannon, get started! You, the United States and Britain, must land in the south of France, open a second european battlefield, and relieve a little pressure on the Eastern Front. The "anti-fascist war" is a matter for all of us, so why am I fighting the Germans with real knives and guns now?
President Roosevelt has agreed to this. Before the first formal meeting of the "Big Three" in Tehran, President Roosevelt and Stalin met separately. At this meeting, President Roosevelt promised Stalin to open a second european front as soon as possible. However, Roosevelt also had difficulties, and the difficulties were time problems. Landing or sending troops does not matter, but such a large-scale landing operation is difficult and risky. First of all, the English Channel is really disturbing, the climate is changeable, the British sky-breaking, you know, that is to say change the face, change the face. Also, after the landing, our allies should go deep into Europe and launch an attack on the Germans, which also has certain risks. Another, such a large-scale landing operation, I have to wait a while to collect the ship. And those planes, artillery, tanks have to be transported to the British Isles, and you Stalin have to give me time. Roosevelt and Stalin were united in their opinions on this matter, but there was a slight discrepancy in time.
This matter made the world's "churning stick", the British Empire is not calm. Churchill wanted to stir up this matter for him. We in the British Empire don't want to share the pressure of your Soviet Union, you Stalin and mustache are all the way. Besides, the ideological gap between our two countries is so big, you Stalin is a master who speaks vigorously and comes to strength, and who dares to guarantee that you Stalin is not the next moustache. From now on, I will have to guard against your Soviet Union. Churchill most wanted to see the post-war scene, the Germans in the crematorium ready to be cremated, while the Soviets were lying in the ICU waiting for rescue. Churchill was also 36 hearts and 72 reels, and people were thieves. So Churchill issued a "Balkan Plan", which consisted of the Allied forces entering Italy from the Mediterranean, then launching an offensive into the Balkans, and after gaining a foothold in the Balkans, launched a full-scale offensive into the German hinterland. This trick is really too yin, only those who lack eight lifetimes of great virtue can come up with such a yin damage idea. Churchill's move was a double-pronged attack.
First of all, Churchill's plan is to make it clear, that is, to grab territory with the Soviet Union. If, according to Stalin and Roosevelt's plan, the Soviet Union fought from east to west, and the Allies fought from west to east after landing in France. The Soviets passed through Eastern Europe and would later become the Soviet Union's sphere of influence. These countries were the power of the British Empire. If the Allies attacked Europe from the Balkans, they could keep the Red Army out of the Gates of Europe, which would henceforth remain our British sphere of influence. The second is that you can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. The Balkans are mountainous, and once the Allies enter the Balkans, they are likely to confront the Germans, and at this time, the Allies will have ten thousand reasons to stand still, just watch you Soviet Union and Germany die. If the Soviets had won, the Allies would have quickly attacked the Balkans, scrambled with the Soviets for territory, and kept the Red Army out of Eastern Europe. If the Germans were victorious, the Allies would continue to bide their time here. In any case, Churchill did not suffer inside and out.
The three countries of the Tehran Conference had just begun to discuss, and the three countries united against german fascism. Someone here has begun to make their own little calculations. At this moment, Stalin was angry, and the "steel father" was not easy to provoke. Stalin looked at Churchill and thought, you Churchill is like fog, like rain, like wind, just not like people, you really treat yourself as a root, but who will dip you in sauce! This meeting can invite you Churchill, not because of the strength of your British Empire, but because of the yin virtue left to you by your ancestors. However, if you look at your bear-like appearance today, you have already destroyed all this bit of virtue that your ancestors left for you. I'm taking you Churchill as a person, and you'd better pretend to be like a dot. I would just like to say that before May 1944, the Allies must land in France to open the second european battlefield. Your "Balkan plan" was taken away by Grandpa as soon as possible, and Grandpa was upset when he saw it. If you Churchill has strength, farting is the truth, there is no strength. Any truth you say is a fart in my place. From now on, you close your mouth to me, Lao Tzu annoys you.
Roosevelt was also very disgusted by Churchill's plan. Old Qiu, you are giving me eye drops, I am delicious, delicious for you, how did you raise such a white-eyed wolf. You are still thinking about the "sun never sets" dream of the British Empire, you wake up! Do you think I and Stalin are big fools? Your little flower intestines, still playing with my heart, you your tail, I know you are going to pull a few dung eggs. As the saying goes, too good, the dog can not feed too full, people can not be too good to him, endure a moment you are inching forward, step back you are becoming more and more intense! Old Qiu, don't play too much, or it's all a disaster! If you do this, we in the United States will not take you to play in the future, and you Britain will find a way out for yourself. Hearing this, Churchill's face turned white, and now England is the poor British Empire. Relying on the blood transfusion of the United States, I have survived until now. If we break with the Americans, all the british masters will sell their kidneys, and we British people will not be able to live.
Now Churchill is completely empty, you Roosevelt is now the king of the eight to eat the turtle, the six relatives do not recognize. We The British and you Americans are of the same origin, how do you Roosevelt elbow out, always talk to the old hair, what do you mean? Churchill could only admit his fate and eventually abandoned his "Balkan plan". No way, who made you Roosevelt clutch the money, and when the money stood up and spoke, all the truth went to sleep. Eventually plans for the Allied landings from France were finalized. On June 6, 1944, the Allies launched the largest landing operation in human history, which was the Normandy landing, code-named "Operation Overlord", to open up the second battlefield in Europe.
The next question is the territorial question of Europe, and at the heart of it is the Polish question. Poland is a country that is really possessed by the gods, several times in history, and several times restored, this is really unique. On September 1, 1939, Germany blitzed Poland and World War II officially began. Within a few days, the Soviet Union, in accordance with the secret treaty of the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact, also sent troops to invade and occupy Poland, and took half of the territory of Poland. Basically, the Russian government acquired the territory acquired by the Russian government in 1795 when the three countries of Russia and Prussia divided Poland for the third time. This time it also attached most of the territory of Eastern Galicia and Lithuania.
At this time, Churchill could not sit still again. Then he said to Stalin, you Soviet Union must spit out half of Poland to me, which is your illegal gain. If you don't surrender half of polish territory, what's the difference between you and Nazi Germany? Poland is our ally, Poland is my little brother, and I have to cover him. As soon as Stalin saw Churchill, his heart was uncomfortable. So Stalin lit a cigarette, took a slow sip of it, and smiled at Churchill. Churchill, you'd better die of this heart. You go out and inquire, since I Stalin became the leading big brother of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union has opened up territory, half Poland, the three Baltic countries, Finland's Yako Peninsula, when you hear the Soviet Union cut land indemnity, that is the Great Qing, not my Soviet Union! I am also a generation of male lords, and I will not do such a humiliating thing! We Soviets are life and death, do not obey, want to take away the land of the Soviet Union, speak with strength, we Soviets only believe in violence!
Churchill was completely depressed at this time, and whatever I said was not good for Stalin, I said it once, he poked me once, and did not leave me any face at all. I was here at Stalin, and it was heartbreak after heartbreak, and I finally felt the feeling of heartbreak. Stalin looked at Churchill, who spat out one smoke ring after another. Churchill, you are also an old man, how many times do you have to break your heart to get rid of your naïve problems, you are really sad. In this controversy, Roosevelt's position was somewhat firmer than Churchill's. Churchill, after being plucked by Stalin, calmly think that Poland will give up. He thought of a compromise solution, and the "schizophrenic" in Poland made his head hurt incomparably. Before the start of World War II, Poland was this cargo, and there was not a single one in the whole of Europe that did not bother him. There were always some moths, whether allies or mustaches, none of whom could rest assured of him, and this cargo knew that it was troublesome. The country of Poland was on the route of the Soviet Offensive against Germany. If the Allies landed from France and the two sides were facing east and west, Poland would sooner or later be taken in the hands of the Soviets. To put it bluntly, Poland had to lose sooner or later, and it was harder for the Soviets to spit out what they had eaten into their mouths than it was to ascend to heaven. Stalin, in particular, was a vicious wolf, and if he turned back, it was definitely not revenge, it would certainly be revenge. It would be better to draw a line for the Soviets before the Soviet Union has swallowed Poland, first determine the spheres of influence of the two sides, and then negotiate later. Thus Churchill changed his tone and began to flatter Stalin. The borders of Poland could be moved further west, to the "Curzon Line". According to Churchill's plan, the polish territory annexed by the Soviet Union in 1939 was basically recognized.
So how to compensate Poland? A portion of The Territory of Germany was exhumed. The Soviets robbed you of as much Poland as you wanted, and you dug as much as you could from Germany, and not as much as you could eat. So Churchill developed a "policy of turning to the left and walking in unison." Anyway, Germany is the enemy of our three families, so let's not be polite, let's break the drum and hammer. So the Polish border was settled. There were no Polish representatives at the meeting, and without the Polish at all knowing it, the "Big Three" happily settled the matter in Poland. President Roosevelt eventually agreed to the plan. However, he has a small condition, and he hopes to wait until the end of the US presidential election before making this news public. Because there are six or seven million Polish descendants in the United States, if these people knew the news, they would not vote for Roosevelt again, and Roosevelt also had a small calculation. Stalin and Churchill agreed that after all, the Americans were our "god of wealth", and this matter was easy to handle. As the saying goes, people have no money, not as good as ghosts, soup does not put salt, not as good as water. Now is the time to fight, the money is like water, President Roosevelt hastened to put the money into my account. As soon as the cannon sounded, the gold was ten thousand, and now the landlord's family had no surplus grain.
It is not only Poland that is distributed by the "Big Three", but also china, and the truth is that weak countries have no diplomacy. Another important topic of the Tehran Conference was the soviet war against Japan after the Soviet Union defeated Germany. Stalin also happily agreed to this question. Stalin was also a master of no profit, and there was nothing wrong with me sending troops, but I wanted to take back all the privileges in China before the Russo-Japanese War. Churchill was not at all a problem with this matter. First of all, that place in the Far East was not his sphere of influence for the British, and Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek still had a bit of a personal grudge. After the Cairo Conference, Chiang went to India and met with Mahatma Gandhi to openly support the independence movement of the three brothers. This incident made Churchill's nose angry. Although our British Empire is no longer able to do it, it is not the master that you old Chiang Kai-shek can bully, and since the Soviets want to find trouble Chinese, we British will take the opportunity to push the water. Churchill was in favor of Stalin's proposal, which was a jumping foot, and was a good slap on the wrist for Stalin. Stalin looked, Churchill, you are finally on the road. Churchill, I tell you, in this deceitful world, if you don't count others, there will be others calculating, and you give this sentence to you for free.
However, U.S. President Roosevelt was a little hesitant about this matter, after all, China is my ally, he helped me drag down millions of Japanese troops, we are allies, together to fight against Japanese imperialism. Moreover, I also promised Chairman Chiang Kai-shek to protect China's interests. As soon as Stalin heard this, he said to Roosevelt, "Old Luo, you are such a real person, and promising this thing is like a fart, it was earth-shattering at the time, and after that, it was pale and powerless. Roosevelt thought to himself, this is also true, if the Soviet Union sends troops, it can greatly reduce our pressure on the Pacific theater and reduce our casualties, which is very beneficial to my presidential campaign. Roosevelt also thought too much, he did not live to that time, this is also fate, you can't fight with fate.
Stalin not only wanted the privileges of the northeast, but also the ports of Dalian and Lushun. This did not satisfy Stalin's appetite, and he also wanted the whole of Sakhalin and the islands around Sakhalin. Later, the Big Three discussed the establishment of the United Nations. Later, the german solution was discussed. However, this plan did not reach a unified opinion, after all, the war is still being fought, and when the war is over, the three of us will sit down and talk slowly. This meeting is the Yalta Conference.
The Tehran Conference officially ended on December 1, 1943. As is customary, they issued a Tehran Declaration. At this meeting, the Leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin, was in the limelight. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was at this meeting, who was both holding his breath and harboring fire, and was almost not bullied to death by Stalin. The face of the British Empire was completely lost, and this incident also played a crucial role in his future re-election as British Prime Minister. Churchill's pressure was too great, and it was too difficult to deal with Stalin. Stalin also said cool things to Churchill, old Church, the pressure is great, that is your own ability is not enough, the difficulty, that is, your ability is not enough. If you think about it, you British people bullied people back then, you forgot.
This is really good and evil will eventually be rewarded, the heavenly path is good reincarnation, unbelief look up, the heavens spared no one! Later, when the Soviet Union was yellow-shopped, we also gave this sentence to the Soviet Union. Thus concluded the Tehran Conference, the first meeting of the "Big Three," who played a crucial role in the direction of World War II.