Alliance breakdown and the start of the cold war Flashcards
What conflicting ideologies did Stalin have
Wanted to cripple Germany
Move borders in poland
Wanted a lot of money from Germany
Deatil the events fo Yalta
1945
Agreed on the breakup of Germnay and Berlin and the persecution of the Nazis
Detail the events of Potsdam
1945
Not much done as mostly disagreement
What wa sthe Iron curtain speech
Churchill in 1946 spoke to the world and said that the USSR posed a great threat to the world
What was the Truman Doctrine
Money and aid pledged to any country that was in threat of being taken over by the USSR
What was Marshall aid
17 billion dollars pledged to countries under the threat of USSR
What was the Warsaw pact
All involved countries would defen each other in the event of a war
What was Nato
A group of countries that would protect each other in casde of attack