At the Yalta Conference France had been granted an occupation zone within Germany , France had been a participant in the Berlin Declaration , and France was to be an equal member of the Allied Control Council . Nevertheless , at the insistence of the Americans , General de Gaulle was not invited to Potsdam , as he had too been denied representation at Yalta ; a diplomatic slight which was a cause of deep and lasting resentment . Reasons for the omissions included the longstanding personal mutual antagonism between Roosevelt and De Gaulle , ongoing disputes over the French and American occupation zones and anticipated conflicts of interest over French Indochina ; but also reflected the judgement of both the British and Americans that French aims in respect of many items on the Conference agenda were likely to be at variance with Anglo/American agreed objectives
Yalta Conference
Yalta Conference
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