Chapter 3 - Churchill and international diplomacy, 1939 - 51 Flashcards
When was the ‘Destroyers for Bases’ agreement with the USA?
September 1940
When was the Lend-Lease Act ?
March 1941
When did Germany invade Russia?
june 1941
When was the meeting of Churchill and Roosevelt at Placentia Bay, Atlantic Charter?
August 1941
When was pearl harbour?
December 1941
When did Germany declare war on the USA?
December 1941
When did Churchill and Roosevelt agree on a Mediterranean strategy?
June 1942
When did Churchill meet Stalin in Moscow?
August 1942
When was the Tehran conference?
November 1943
When were the D-Day landings?
June 1944
When did Stalin and Churchill and make the percentages agreement?
October 1944
When was the Yalta conference?
February 1945
When did Roosevelt die?
April 1945
When was the Potsdam conference
July-August 1945
When did Churchill make his Iron Curtain speech?
March 1946
When was Churchill’s speech on Europe at Zurich?
September 1946
When did Churchill return to office?
October 1951
What was the Neutrality Act?
It was in 1939 between US and Britain which allowed Britain to purchase American Arms.
What did the Destroyers for Bases Act entail?
50 old US destroyers were exchanged for leases to 8 British naval bases from Newfoundland to New Guinea.
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
It permitted the President to sell, transfer title to, exchange, lease, lend or otherwise dispose of defence articles to any country whose the President deems vital to the defence of the USA, It led to $31.6 billion of aid going to Britain by 1945.
What was discussed in the Tehran conference in November 1943?
Final strategy for the war against Nazi Germany and it’s allies, date for the invasion of northern France.
What was discussed in the Yalta conference in February 1945?
Final plans for the defeat of Germany, post-war Europe, date for UN conference, Soviet entry in war vs Japan.
Churchill had to accept previously-agreed arrangements for dividing Germany and accept Russian demands for revising the frontiers of Poland.
What was discussed in the Potsdam conference in July 1945?
Unconditional surrender of Japan, policy for Germany
