London Conference on Post Soviet Europe
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America's prestige ensured that Roosevelt would have the final say on any contentious issues.
The London Conference on Post Soviet Europe was the meeting of the Allies to plan for the creation of free governments in Europe and determine the political boundaries of the newly liberated nation states. It took place in London in 1944 and involved diplomats and lobbyists from more than 30 nations. At its center were the leaders of the Allied powers – Franklin Roosevelt of the United States and William Lyon Mackenzie King of Canada.
Royalty, prime ministers who had fled to the Americas, and resistance leaders who suffered through the Soviet occupation lobbied the allied leaders for a variety of causes related to the future of their nations. For a few tumultuous months London was the de facto capital of a global government as the assembled diplomats decided the future of Europe and its former colonies.
The US President had an easy electoral victory in the 1944 election. Roosevelt decided to bring Republicans into his cabinet and to the peace conference. Please note the weird bugged election event: Somehow Roosevelt has become a Republican!
Canada's military successes in Europe and the Mediterranean earned King a role in the Quintet. The Canadian Navy successfully chased all Soviet Forces out of the Mediterranean during the first week of the conference.
Overview
The conference opened on November 12, 1944. It came to a close on January 1, 1945 with the inaugural General Assembly of the United Nations.
The major accomplishments of the conference, besides the agreements the Americans made to turn control over European nations to their provisional governments, were the decision to create the United Nations, the approval of its charter, as well as the commitment of each member state to enter the war against the Soviet Union.
The 'Quintet' — Henri-Honoré Giraud, Chief of Staff of the French Army in exile; Erwin Rommel, Chief of Staff of the German Army in exile; Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States; George VI, rightful King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain; and William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada — were the dominant diplomatic figures at the conference. The conclusions of their talks were imposed on the nations of Europe and, at the conclusion of the war, the Soviet Union.