Tehran-43: A meeting with high stakes. When are the fates of the peoples of Europe decided without their representatives?

Tehran-43: A meeting with high stakes. When are the fates of the peoples of Europe decided without their representatives? Collage by Olena Zelenina at the Gromada Group Media
Collage by Olena Zelenina.

There were still "endless" years and a half before the victorious May 1945, the future outcome of the war was predicted by optimistic forecasts, but was not predetermined when the leaders of the "Big Three" (USSR, USA, Great Britain) held talks in Tehran from November 28 to December 1, 1943. They had conflicting plans of action, and there were only four days to make a decision...

There was such a cult Soviet-French-Swiss adventure film "Tehran-43" with Natalia Belokhvostikova and Alain Delon. Who remembers it today, except for very old people? And what do we remember about the conference in Tehran itself?

 

We know that at this historical moment they agreed on a joint fight against Hitlerite Germany. But in the light of the modern terrible war, this event evokes other associations in your mind's eye.

 

I think this could have something to do with the war in Ukraine and modern geopolitics?

 

Read more in the Ukrainian edition....

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