APStudent.com XIII. World War II General Marshall - Highest U.S. military commander (below FDR) Eisenhower - U.S. supreme commander in Europe Douglas McArthur - U.S. supreme commander in the Pacific George Patton - sub-commander in Europe Morocco Conference - Jan. 1943 (Casablanca) Allies would only accept Germany's unconditional surrender Stalin wanted Allies to open second front Tehran Conference - Nov. 1943 U.S. and Birtain agreed to open second front within 6 months Stalin agreed that Russia would join war against Japan as soon as war in Europe was over Poland issue was left unresolved Moscow Conference - Oct. 1944 Churchill promised Stalin that Britain would not interfere with Russia's claims in Eastern Europe Yalta Conference - Feb. 1945 FDR, Churchill, Stalin agreed to: 1. Russia would get back islands that Japan had won in Russo-Japanese war 2. Establishment of the United Nations 3. Occupation zones in Germany 4. Poland issue unresolved (Stalin already had troops in Poland) 5. German reparations issue not resolved (April 12, 1945 - FDR died and Truman took over) 6. Russia would not interfere in China or support Communism there FDR avoided challenging Stalin over Poland and Eastern Europe in order to get the China agreement Potsdam Conference - July 1945 U.S. recognized Soviet puppet-government in Poland U.S. recognized new Polish borders Soviets agreed to only take reparations from East Germany Stalin recognized Chiang Kei-Shek's government (instead of Communist Mao Tse Tung) in China