Tehran+Conference


 * Tehran Conference **
 * Between November 28 and December 1, 1943, ﻿President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Soviet Premier Josef Stalin, and Prime Minister Winston Churchill met in Tehran, Iran.
 * They met to try and strengthen the cooperation of the U.S., Great Britain, and the USSR in World War II. This would be the first war conference that Stalin had attended.
 * The three leaders wanted to plan the final strategy in the war against Nazi Germany and included plans for the Allied invasion of Normandy, codenamed Operation Overlord, which was to take place in June 1944.
 * In return for America's help in defeating Germany on the eastern front, Stalin promised to help the U.S. win its war against Japan. The three powers would also pledge to maintain the independence of Iran.
 * Stalin also requested for his part, a territorial buffer between the Soviet Union and Germany, made up of Poland and part of Germany, to be part of any post war peace settlement.
 * The meeting also stressed the need for cooperation through the United Nations in meeting problems of peace.