1: US, British and USSR relations in 1945 Flashcards
When was the Russian revolution?
1917
Who was the first leader of communist Russia?
Lenin
Who was the founding father of communist ideology?
Karl Marx
Why did communism and capitalism clash?
Both wanted their ideologies to dominate in as many countries as possible
True/False: The Yalta conference was during WW2
True: The end was imminent but nothing was formalised
What leaders attended the Yalta conference?
Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill
Give 2 things that Stalin hoped to achieve at the Yalta conference
The USSR to be in control of it’s own destiny
Cooperation with the Anglo-Americans
The USSR’s security guaranteed through Soviet spheres of influence in Europe
Germany to remain weak for the indefinite future
Economic reconstruction for the USSR - mainly at Germany’s expense
Give 2 things that Roosevelt and Churchill hoped to achieve at the Yalta conference?
Collective security founded on the UN
Long-term cooperation with the USSR
The right to national self-determination and no spheres of influence
Germany’s reconstruction and re-education as a democratic nation
World economic reconstruction through the creation of the IMF and the World Bank
What 5 things were agreed at the Yalta conference?
Germany = 4 zones
Berlin divided
UN would be formally ratified
USSR would gain land from Poland and Poland would be expanded to the north and west
A Declaration on Liberated Europe should be created
When was the Potsdam Conference?
17 July - 1 August 1945
Who attended the Potsdam Conference?
Stalin, Truman, Clement Attlee
What big event had happened just before Potsdam?
The USA had successfully tested the atomic bomb
What decisions were made at Potsdam?
Germany = Disarmed De-Nazification Freedom of speech and press restored Germany = Single economic unit USSR would receive reparations from all sections of Germany
