Churchill as an international diplomat Flashcards
Who did the Americans prefer to De Gaulle?
Giraud
De Gaulle was the leader of which group?
Free French
Name one area Russia invades in 1939/1940:
Poland
20,000 Polish officers were killed in which massacre by the Russians?
Katyn Forest Massacre
At which conference were the borders of Poland post-war discussed?
Yalta
At which conference was the Atlantic Charter signed?
Atlantic Conference
Was the Atlantic Conference before or after Pearl Harbour?
Before
At which conference did Roosevelt agree to the Europe First policy?
US conference
What did Churchill want to do to Communism/Bolshevism in 1918?
Strangle it in the cradle
Why did Roosevelt not like Churchill?
Different political backgrounds, (Roosevelt was more socialist)
At which conference did Churchill and Stalin agree to post-war spheres of influence?
Moscow #2
In which year was the second moscow conference?
1944
At which conference did Roosevelt ‘snub’ Churchill?
Tehran
In which was Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech?
1946
What two things did Churchill achieve for Britain with his diplomatic skills?
Europe First
Delaying D-Day
