What was the Soviet Union's main goal at the Tehran Conference, held at the end of 1943?
to convince the Allies to attack Germany from the West to assure communist control over Eastern European nations to prevent Germany from being divided
to convince the Allies to attack Germany from the West
to assure communist control over Eastern European nations
to prevent Germany from being divided into two nations
to offer to aid the United States in its fight against Japan
or:to convince the Allies to attack Germany from the West to assure communist control over Eastern European nations to prevent Germany from being divided into two nations to offer to aid the United States in its fight against Japan
or:It's difficult to know but towards the end of a war, the participants naturally start imaging what may happen after the war and how their interests will be best served. I would imagine Russia saw the opportunity to increase their influence in Europe.In the same way America lobbied Russia not to accept the Japanese surrender in June 1945 above a battleship. America had plans for Japan and needed the war extending until it could carry them out.
