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They had their heads full of visions of conquest and glory. Looking back to WWI through the lens of 2007, it would appear to us a foregone conclusion that the US would eventually enter the war on the side of the Allies. However, that is not exactly the case.
During the War, Britain and the USA were allies of the Soviet Union but the only thing that united them was their hatred of Germany. In 1945, the Big Three held two conferences at Yalta (February) and Potsdam (July) to try to sort out how they would organise the world after the war.