Editing Tehran Conference (section)

==Results==
The Yugoslav Partisans were given full Allied support, and Allied support to the Yugoslav [[Chetniks]] was halted. (They were believed to be cooperating with the occupying Italians and Germans rather than fighting them; see [[Yugoslavia and the Allies]]) .

The communist Partisans under [[Josip Broz Tito]] took power in Yugoslavia as the Germans gradually retreated from the Balkans in 1944 and 1945.<ref>McNeill, W. H. (1953) ''America, Britain, and Russia: their co-operation and conflict, 1941–1946''. Oxford University Press. pp. 388–90</ref>

[[President of Turkey|Turkish President]] [[İsmet İnönü]] conferred with Roosevelt and Churchill at the Cairo Conference in November 1943 and promised to enter the war when his country had become fully armed. By August 1944, Turkey broke off relations with Germany. In February 1945, Turkey declared war on Germany and Japan, which may have been a symbolic move that allowed Turkey to join the future United Nations.<ref>Zurcher, Erik J. (2004) ''Turkey: A Modern History''. 3rd ed. I B Tauris. {{ISBN|1860649580}}. pp&nbsp;203–5</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Edwards, A. C. |title=The Impact of the War on Turkey|journal=International Affairs|year=1946|volume= 22|issue=3|pages=389–400 |doi=10.2307/3017044 |jstor=3017044 }}</ref>

=== Operation Overlord ===
Roosevelt and Stalin spent much of the conference to try to convince Churchill to commit to an invasion of France and finally succeeded on 30 November, when Roosevelt announced at lunch that they would be launching the invasion in May 1944.<ref name=":2" /> That pleased Stalin, who had been pressing his allies to open a new front in the west to alleviate some pressure on his troops. That decision may be the most critical to come out of this conference, as the desired effect of the relief of Soviet troops was achieved and led to a Soviet rally and advance toward Germany, a tide that Hitler could not stem.

=== United Nations ===
The Tehran Conference also served as one of the first conversations surrounding the formation of the [[United Nations]]. Roosevelt first introduced Stalin to the idea of an international organization comprising all nation states, a venue for the resolution of common issues, and a check against international aggressors. With Germany having thrust the world into chaos for the second time in as many generations, the three world leaders all agreed that something must be done to prevent a similar occurrence.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal|author=Roberts, Geoffrey |year=2007|title=Stalin at the Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam Conferences|journal=Journal of Cold War Studies|volume=9|issue=4 |pages=6–40|doi=10.1162/jcws.2007.9.4.6 |jstor=26926079|s2cid=57564917 }}</ref>

=== Division of Germany ===
There was a shared view among the participants that a postwar division of Germany was necessary with the sides differing on the number of divisions needed to neutralize her ability to wage war.<ref name=":2" /> The numbers that were proposed varied widely and never came to fruition, but the powers would effectively divide modern Germany into two parts until the end of the [[Cold War]]. During one dinner, Churchill questioned Stalin on his postwar territorial ambitions. Stalin replied, "There is no need to speak at this present time about any Soviet Desires, but when the time comes we will speak."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schlesinger |first=Arthur |date=1967 |title=Origins of the Cold War |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20039280 |journal=Foreign Affairs |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=22–52 |doi=10.2307/20039280 |jstor=20039280 |issn=0015-7120 |access-date=10 September 2023 |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106113420/https://www.jstor.org/stable/20039280 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

=== Soviet entry to the Pacific War ===
[[File:Tehran Conference 2023 stamp of Russia.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|2023 Russian postal stamp dedicated to the Tehran Conference]]
On 29 November, Roosevelt asked Stalin five questions about data and intelligence relating to Japanese and Siberian ports and about air bases in the Maritime Provinces for up to 1,000 heavy bombers. On 2 February, Stalin told the American ambassador that America could operate 1,000 bombers from [[Siberia]] after the Soviet Union had declared war on Japan ([[Vladivostok]] is in the [[Russian Far East]], not Siberia).<ref>{{cite book |last= Ehrman |first= John |title= Grand Strategy Volume V, August 1943 – September 1944 |year= 1956 |publisher= HMSO (British official history) |location= London |pages= 429, 430}}</ref>