Cold War Flashcards
When and where was the tehran conference
1943, Iran
When and where was the yalta conference
1945, russia
When and where was the potsdam conference
1945, germany
What were the main agreements at tehran
- The USA and Britain would open up a second front to ease the pressure on the USSR
- USSR would declare war on Japan
- they talked about what would happen to Germany but there was no agreement
- there was a general agreement that an international body should be set up to settle disputes
What were the main agreements at yalta
- germany would be split into 4 zones one for USA, USSR, UK and France
- Germany would pay $20 billion in reperation
- the nazi party would be banned and war criminals would be prosecuted
- United nations would be set up
- stalin declared war 3 months after the defeat of Germany
- stalin said that elections in eastern countries would be free
- polands borders were returned to their position on 1921
Differences at potsdam
Rooservelt died and was replaced by truman
Winston Churchill lost the election and was replaced by clement attlee
Main agreeements made at potsdam
-Berlin would be divided into 4 zones one for USA, USSR, UK and France
Cominform
International communist organisation that advocated world communism
Comecon
Economic organisation from 1949 to 1991, under the leadership of the solviet union
What does NATO stand for
North atlantic Treaty Organisation
Who were the original members of the Warsaw Pact
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania and USSR
What was the Truman doctrine
The pledge by the USA to provide assistance to any free country that come under threat from communism
What is communism
All profit made goes to state, controlled economy, no freedom of speech, no free press, only one political party and the belief that everyone is equal
What is capitalism
A free economy, making profit from your own work, high average standards of living, multiple political parties
Why did the USSR and USA break there alliance
they neither had a common enemy as hitler was dead
What was the iron curtain speech about
How the alliance is breaking down between the UK, USA and the USSR and how you will no longer be able to go from western to eastern europe and it could lead to the USSR invading europe
What were the methods used by the USSR to make communism take charge in eastern european countries
Rigged elections, banning of other parties, intimidations
How did communism take charge in Romania
Forced the king to appoint a Communism PM; later on the monarchy was abolished
How did communism take charge in czechoslovakia
There was a coalition government and in 1946 the communist party was the largest single party but was still in a coalition and in 1948 when there position was threatened they banned the other parties
How did communism take charge in Hungary
Communists became the largest single party in the 1947 elections but they imprisoned opposition politicians and attacked church leaders
How did communism take charge in poland
They were in a coalition government until in 1947 when they forced the non-communist leader into exile
How did communism take charge in yugoslavia
Stalin set up cominform and he controlled the leaders through regular breifings
What was the long telegram about
The telegram said was that the USSR was heavily armed and feared the outside world and the Soviet Union did not see the possibility for long-term peaceful coexistence with the capitalist world and the word “containment” was used to say that america musr contain communism
When was the long telegram
Feburary 1946
