ould take Berlin and control the eastern half of Germany upon its surrender. Stalin agreed to "unquestionably" join the war against Japan in "two or three months after Germany has surrendered and the war in Europe is terminated". The treaty was signed on February 11th, 1945.(furtado,121)
             The public harshly criticized Roosevelt in 1946 when the agreements at Yalta became public. He was said to have given away Eastern Europe through trust in Stalin. Roosevelt defended himself by saying that he had done the best he could and had hoped that the issue would be handled further by the United Nations. He also felt that Russia needed to be sweet talked in order to gain their support in the war against Japan.(Rubin,24) To the surprise of Roosevelt and Churchill, Josef Stalin failed to keep his promises. He quickly prevented popular elections in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria by assigning permanent Communist governments to each and suppressing all democratic supporters. The response against Stalin was little, for his army extended across Eastern Europe and controlled the region by force. The United States, busy in its war against Japan did not want to lose an ally as powerful as the Soviet Union.(Furtado,124)
             At first sight the U.S didn't want to get involved with foreign politics. As soon as the propaganda spread the United states started to get involved because China was beginning to follow the ways of it's neighboring Soviet Union. When the United states got involved it was an all out arms race to see who could create the best and most powerful weapons in the shor
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