Roosevelt's Role In Ww2

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The Big Three is a name that was given to the three major countries that attended the Yalta conference in 1945: the U.S, Russia, and Great Britain. These countries were represented by their leaders the U.S was represented by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Russia was represented by Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill represented Great Britain. Peace was restored and World War Two was brought to a successful end though the negotiations, disagreements, and compromises of these three men.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the thirty-second president of the United States. He served from 1933-1945 and was elected to four terms. Roosevelt was always known as FDR, and he served through the worst times in history. The Great Depression and World War Two were two major conflicts during his presidency. Roosevelt died April 12, 1945, while he was sitting for a portrait in Warm Springs, Georgia. Roosevelt then said his last words, “I have a terrific headache.” He died two hours later from a cerebral hemorrhage. Before Roosevelt passed away, he was included in a very important group known as The Big Three along with Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin. In 1945, “The Big Three” held
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In July 1945, Churchill was voted out of office before World War Two ended. Germany was abandoned, but Japan was not. Churchill’s conservative party was lost, having been said they were deceived by the Labour Party. Before the conclusion of World War Two was destroyed, Winston Churchill gave countless speeches involving the rearmament against Germany. At the Yalta Conference The Big Three accomplished the goals that they had set forth from the beginning of the conference. Churchill got Stalin to proceed into granting the right for France to have a zone of occupation when Germany was defeated. Churchill wanted the protection of the British, but also wanted the postwar status of

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