Churchill

Question 1

Why did Stalin never really trust Churchill?

Answer 1

Churchill had called for foreign intervention against the Bolsheviks in 1918 and he was deeply anti-communist

Question 2

How did Stalin sum up his view of Churchill?

Answer 2

Remarked in 1944 that ‘Churchill is the kind who, if you don’t watch him, will slip a kopeck out of your pocket’

Question 3

How did Churchill sum up his view of the USSR?

Answer 3

‘Trying to maintain good relations is like wooing a crocodile. You do not know whether to tickle it under the chin or to beat it over the head. When it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or prepare to eat you up’

Question 4

In October 1944, what did Churchill draw up with Stalin?

Answer 4

The percentages agreement

Question 5

What did the agreement in October 1944 give Stalin the impression of?

Answer 5

That a post-war Soviet sphere of influence in EE had unspoken Western approval

Question 6

What were the results of Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech (March 1946)? 3

Answer 6

Sharpened East-West divisions
Truman was delighted with Churchill’s uncompromising anti-Soviet statement
Stalin condemned the speech as war-mongering and compared Churchill to Hitler