I need opinion on WW-2 answer?

Question:

So the allied powers at the time were Churchill( Britain), Stalin(Soviet Union) and U.S. (FDR and Truman).

During World War Two they had several conferences.

What did they mainly argue/ discuss the most in each.

I have been looking at this link: http://www.paperlessarchives.com/wwii_co…

My Answer: I cannot decide whether they were disputing how land should be distributed, the funding for the war between the countries, or whether it was the reparations for the war.

Answer:

They were discussing all of these things are more at the conferences. Remember also that, particularly at the early conferences, they were discussing how to fight the war and defeat Germany. The Soviets were anxious for increased pressured by the Western Allies (Britain and U.S.), notably a "second front" in France. This was a huge topic at the early conferences, as Stalin demanded more military action in the West and Churchill tried to stall talk for a cross-channel invasion for as long as possible (first through an invasion of North Africa and then Italy).

There never was really a serious question about funding the war. The British Empire was cash-strapped and largely cut off from its colonies that supplied the bulk of its international wealth. The Soviet Union was on the verge of collapse. Only the United States had the wealth and industrial power to mass-produce surplus armaments. Britain relied heavily on American support, and the Soviet Union was virtually dependent (at least in the early years of 1941-43) on American military supplies shipped by convoys to Mamersk.

Reparations are more associated with the talks ending WWI. By 1945, it was quite clear to the Allies that Germany and Japan would be almost completely destroyed by the war and would not be in any position to pay reparations. Indeed, they would need Allied occupation just to feed themselves and begin rebuilding.

The biggest issue in the later conferences was what would happen at the end of the war to all the territories conquered by the Germans and Japanese but now liberated/occupied by the Allies. Roosevelt was keen to get the Soviets to declare war against Japan, so he was willing to extend a lot of consideration to their occupation of formerly German-ruled territories in order to get this. Churchill was deeply concerned about Britain's overseas colonies as well as Poland (since Poland was the whole reason Britain went to war against Germany in the first place). The Soviets, on the other hand, wanted to occupy large portions of Eastern Europe (including Poland) in order to set up friendly governments that would serve as a "buffer" between Russia and any revived Germany down the road. Ensuring that a future Germany would never be a military threat again was a major topic. It was at these later conferences (like Potsdam) where the Allies agreed to divide Germany into "occupation zones" (which, between 1948-1953 eventually became permanent and created West Germany and East Germany until 1990).