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Parent topics

• World War II [r]: (1931–1945) global war killing 53 million people, with the "Allies" (UK, US, Soviet Union) eventually halting aggressive expansion by the "Axis" (Nazi Germany and Japan). ^[e]
• Winston Churchill [r]: British Prime Minister and war leader during the Second World War from 1940 to 1945; second term from 1951 to 1955. Won the Nobel Prize for Literature as a historian. ^[e]
• Franklin D. Roosevelt [r]: (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often called FDR, the President of the United States 1933 to 1945. ^[e]
• Joseph Stalin [r]: (1878 - 1953) The head of Russia's Communist ("Bolshevik") party and dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death. ^[e]

Subtopics

Decisions

• Dalian [r]: Called Dairen after being ceded to Japan after the Russo-Japanese War, a port in southern Manchuria ^[e]
• Manchuria [r]: A region in northeastern China, rich in natural resources, control of which was key to the Empire of Japan; when under Japanese control, it was run as a nominal country called Manchukuo ^[e]
• Kwangtung Leasehold [r]: An area of southern Manchuria, controlled by Japan under a 99-year lease obtained in 1915, which was the base of Japanese strength on the Asian continent before World War Two in the Pacific. ^[e]
• Occupation of Germany [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Outer Mongolia [r]: Currently, the State of Mongolia, a region of East Asia that includes disputed territory, Tannu Uriankhai, tnow part of Russia; ethnically dominated by non-Chinese Khalkh Mongolians ^[e]
• Kurile Islands [r]: A chain of islands extending from Sakhalin to the Kamchatka Peninsula; under Russian control as a result of decisions at the Yalta Conference but now disputed between Russia and Japan ^[e]
• Port Arthur [r]: Add brief definition or description
• South Manchurian Railway Company [r]: At first a Japanese-owned railroad with a terminus in the Kwangtung Leasehold, eventually a diversified industrial company in Manchuria and China, with influence on Japanese economic policy and providing cover for intelligence and covert operations ^[e]
• United Nations [r]: An international organization that was founded in 1945 with the mission of preventing international war, protecting human rights, supporting social progress and justice, and helping with economic progress. ^[e]

Key staff

Soviet Union

• Lavrenti Beria [r]: (1899-1953) Soviet security and intelligence official, who rose from the Cheka until becoming Head of State security; managed Soviet nuclear program; attempted to assume power after the death of Joseph Stalin but was executed by a coalition of other seekers of power ^[e]
• Andrei Gromyko [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ivan Maisky [r]: Add brief definition or description

United Kingdom

• Anthony Eden [r]: (12 June 1897 - 14 January 1977) British Conservative prime minister of the United Kingdom, serving one term between 1955 to 1957. ^[e]
• Lord Moran [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sarah Churchill [r]: Add brief definition or description

United States

• Averell Harriman [r]: American diplomat who served as Asistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs between 1961 and 1963, and then headed the overt U.S. delegation to the Paris Peace Talks while the serious secret negotiations took place between Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho. Known as "the alligator" for his approach to discussion inside the U.S. government. ^[e]
• James Byrne [r]: Add brief definition or description
• George C. Marshall [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ross MacIntire [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Anna Roosevelt [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Edward Stettinus [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Russo-Japanese War [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 1943 Cairo Conference [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 1943 Tehran Conference [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 1944 Quebec Conference [r]: Add brief definition or description
• 1945 Malta Conference [r]: Add brief definition or description

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