1.2 Liberation of Europe and Yalta Flashcards
1
Q
What were ACC’s?
A
Allied Control Commissions
- Set up in each occupied territory
- Administered a territory
2
Q
Liberation of Poland
A
- 1944 USSR annexed past Curzon line and destroyed Polish Home Army
- Warsaw Uprising and PHA defeated by Germany
- Soviet and Polish communist violence to enforce communism
3
Q
Liberation of Yugoslavia
A
- Oct 1944 USSR and partisan troops fighting Germans in Belgrade
- Tito fought Germans and non-communist supporters
- Nov 1944 Tito est communism in Yugoslavia and Albania
- Stalin vetoed Tito’s aims to turn Bulgaria into province of Yugoslavia
4
Q
Liberation in Greece
A
- ELAS was the communist controlled government and they were most effective
- Communist takeover by 1944
- Stalin urged Greek communists to form a coalition government
- He kept to his and Churchill’s agreement and raised no objection to ELAS defeat
5
Q
Yalta agreements regarding Germany
A
- Each power allocated its zone
- Berlin divided under Four-Power control
6
Q
When was Yalta?
A
4-11 February 1945
7
Q
Yalta agreements regarding security
A
- UN was established
‘ Declaration of Liberated Europe’ - Underpin the right of liberated states to have their own government
- Committed Grand Alliance to carry out emergency measures to assist liberated states
8
Q
Agreements on Poland at Yalta
A
- Poland and agreements were made on ambiguous terms
- Poland’s border to run along the curzon line
- They’d receive land in Germany as compensation
9
Q
Stalin after Yalta
A
- Security was the objective
- Believed Poland was essential
- Focused on Eastern Europe
- Wanted Germany economically weak
10
Q
Roosevelt following Yalta
A
- Wants to keep democracy
- Keep peace with the USSR
- Wanted Eastern-Europe to be non communist
11
Q
Churchill after Yalta
A
- Believed Soviets could be threat to Britain’s empire
- Close alliance with USA to cut out threats
12
Q
Disagreements over the Security Council
A
- Whether the veto should be used
- USSR wanted the veto
- Was allowed in April 1945
