Chapter 2 (1945-48) Flashcards
USSR in Eastern Europe, Long telegram, Iron Curtain speech, Truman Doctrine, Cominform
Date of the Iron Curtain Speech
March 1946
Tactic Stalin used in Poland and Hungary
Salami tactics
How did Stalin break the Declaration on Liberated Europe?
By installing Lublin Poles in Poland and removing London Poles from government gradually
Countries in which the socialist and communist parties merged
Poland and Hungary
Year of rigged elections in Poland to ensure a communist victory
1947
Communist leader who was executed in Hungary for displaying anti-Moscow tendencies
Rajk, in 1949
Country in which the leader of the Smallholders party was arrested
Hungary
The leader of the Agrarian party who was executed in Bulgaria
Petkov
Which country were all other political parties banned (in 1947)?
Bulgaria
Leader of Yugoslavia
Tito
Country expelled from cominform due to not wanting to be controlled by Moscow
Yugoslavia
Date of Kennan’s Long Telegram
February 1946
Soviet response to Kennan’s long telegram
Novikov telegram
Name of article in Kennan’s long telegram = systematic and focused containment of soviet expansionism
‘X’ article
Novikov telegram: number of US military bases in Atlantic ocean
288
Novikov telegram: percentage of budget spent on improving US military
40%
Purpose of the Novikov telegram
To persuade Stalin to be more aggressive and paranoid towards the USA, claimed that the USA wants global expansion
Contents of the Iron Curtain speech
A direct attack of soviet policies, have expansionist aims and want to spread communism
Soviet response to the Iron Curtain speech
Stalin’s response in the Pravda newspaper
Term Stalin called Churchill in his Pravda response
‘War mongerer’
Date of the Truman Doctrine
March 1947
Event that caused the Truman Doctrine
Britain pulling out of supporting the monarchists in the Greek Civil War
Date of The Percentages Agreement
1944
Reason the USSR doesn’t step into Greece and fill the ‘power vacuum’
The Percentages Agreement
Contents of the Truman Doctrine
The USA will provide economic aid to any country facing the threat of communism
Soviet response to the Truman Doctrine
The Zhdanov Doctrine
Contents of the Zhdanov Doctrine
Belief that the world is dividing into two camps, the USA are creating an anti-soviet sphere of influence
Date Cominform was set up
1947 (Zhdanov)
Purpose of Cominform
Coordinate communist parties in Europe, controlled by Moscow, anti-American
