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X-WR-CALNAME:Fireside Chat | Yalta: A New World Order
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SUMMARY:Fireside Chat | Yalta: A New World Order
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DESCRIPTION:Join us in-person in the library or online for a presentation b
 y\nFireside Chat host\, Paul Sparrow. In early February 1945\, the war in\
 nEurope was nearing its end\, with Nazi Germany retreating on all\nfronts.
  President Franklin Roosevelt\, Prime Minister Winston\nChurchill. and Mar
 shal Joseph Stalin met in Yalta to decide the future\nof the world. The th
 ree leaders had radically different agendas.\nChurchill wanted democracy f
 or the liberated countries and for England\nto retain control of its colon
 ies. Roosevelt wanted Stalin’s help to\nend the war with Japan and join 
 the United Nations. Stalin wanted to\ntake control of all of Eastern Europ
 e and establish a Soviet sphere of\ninfluence. With a million Red Army tro
 ops on the ground\, Stalin held\nthe upper hand. Initially hailed as a gre
 at success\, the Cold War that\nfollowed made Yalta highly controversial\,
  with ramifications that\naffected global politics for the next fifty year
 s. The conference took\nplace at the Livadia Palace on the Black Sea\, and
  there was as much\ndrama behind the scenes as at the conference table. Ro
 osevelt was\nseriously ill\, Churchill was facing political opposition at 
 home\, and\nthe once luxurious palace had been ransacked by the retreating
  Germans\nand in terrible condition. Stalin had placed listening devices i
 n\nevery room\, and there were spies everywhere. To top it off\, with\nlim
 ited staffs Roosevelt and Churchill had to rely on their daughters\nto org
 anize and host the politically sensitive social activities. Six\nweeks aft
 er his return from Yalta\, FDR died. The Yalta Conference is\nconsidered b
 y many historians to be one of the most consequent\ninternational meetings
  in modern times.  NOTE: this session is\navailable to attend in-person o
 r through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER and\nindicate which you prefer. Each ind
 ividual attending must register.\nVenue: Lewes Public Library.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us in-person in the library or online for
  a presentation by Fireside Chat host\, Paul Sparrow. In early February 19
 45\, the war in Europe was nearing its end\, with Nazi Germany retreating 
 on all fronts. President Franklin Roosevelt\, Prime Minister Winston Churc
 hill. and Marshal Joseph Stalin met in Yalta to decide the future of the w
 orld. The three leaders had radically different agendas. Churchill wanted 
 democracy for the liberated countries and for England to retain control of
  its colonies. Roosevelt wanted Stalin’s help to end the war with Japan 
 and join the United Nations. Stalin wanted to take control of all of Easte
 rn Europe and establish a Soviet sphere of influence. With a million Red A
 rmy troops on the ground\, Stalin held the upper hand. Initially hailed as
  a great success\, the Cold War that followed made Yalta highly controvers
 ial\, with ramifications that affected global politics for the next fifty 
 years. The conference took place at the Livadia Palace on the Black Sea\, 
 and there was as much drama behind the scenes as at the conference table. 
 Roosevelt was seriously ill\, Churchill was facing political opposition at
  home\, and the once luxurious palace had been ransacked by the retreating
  Germans and in terrible condition. Stalin had placed listening devices in
  every room\, and there were spies everywhere. To top it off\, with limite
 d staffs Roosevelt and Churchill had to rely on their daughters to organiz
 e and host the politically sensitive social activities. Six weeks after hi
 s return from Yalta\, FDR died. The Yalta Conference is considered by many
  historians to be one of the most consequent international meetings in mod
 ern times.  NOTE: this session is available to attend in-person or throug
 h Zoom. You MUST REGISTER and indicate which you prefer. Each individual a
 ttending must register. Venue: Lewes Public Library.
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