From 1944 , as German defeat became more and more inevitable , the shape of post-war Europe assumed greater importance in Allied strategy . At the Second Quebec Conference in September 1944 , the Allies agreed to partition and de-industrialize a defeated Germany so as to render her permanently unable to wage war Morgenthau Plan . After the war , this plan was abandoned as unworkable . At the Tehran Conference Allied strategy adopted its final major component with the acceptance of Soviet conditions for a sphere of influence in Eastern Europe , to include eastern Germany and Berlin
Second Quebec Conference
Second Quebec Conference
Military strategy