Cold war Flashcards
Why did the usa didn’t trust the ussr?
- communisim threatened western values
- dislike stalins dicatorship which leadd to many deaths+ purges in 1930s
- stalin had signed the nazi-societ paCt and divided poland
Why didn’t the ussr trust the us?
- communists saw capitalism as evil because the rich prospered at the expense of the poor
- 1918-1919 western states helped the whites fight against communism +churchil sent british troops
- in 1919 allies gave rusdian lands to other countries including poland
When was the yalta conference?
Febuary 1945 ( roosevelt, stalin, churchil)
What decisions where made in yalta?
Germany defeated and disarmed
- split into 4 zones of occupatipn
- pay reparations
- free elections in eastern europe
- eastern frontier of poland returned to pre 1921 position
- ussr was to join war against japan
- UN to be set up
- FRG GDR created
When was potsdam?
July 1945
Truman stalin churchill (atlee)
What decisions where made at potsdam?
- details of the zones of occupation
- nazi party banned leaders tried as war criminals
- germans living in other countries had to return tl germany
- reparations- each power collected industrial equipment from it’s zone
- poland’s western boundary was settled
Iron curtain speech
March 1946
-speech at missouri
-declared that europe was divided into two zones
West: free democratic
East: communistTruman doctrine
Usa would help europe to stop the expansion of communism -domino theory Economic & military aid Speech in 1947 Cominform
Marshall plan
Usa would use wealth to help europe prosper and recover
$17 billion
1947
Cominform
October 1947
Stalin forbade communist countries to accept marshall aid
Berlin blockade
1948 stalin closed all rail & road links to berlin.
- 11 monthhs
- 274000 flights deligered (4000 tonnes x day)
- NATO WARSAW PACT
Nato
1949
North atlantic treaty organisation
Deffensive alliance
Warsaw pact
Like nato, for communists
What happened in 1941?
Usa ussr and britain joined to fight hitler
What happened between 1950-1953
Korean war
June - september 1950
North korea attack, south forced back to the area around pusan
September-november
Macarthur drove back the north korean troops and advanced almost to the chinese border
November 1951-1953
Un counter attack drove the north joerans and chinese back yo the 38th parallel
1953
Armnistice was signed at panmunjom
1953
Stalin dies
Nikita krushchev new leader
Destalinasation
Pesceful coexistance 1950s
There didn’t need to be a war eith the west. Tbe vapitalist system would eventually triunoh bc it was superior
-why hungariands opposed soviet control
censorship Secret police Patriotism Religion Soviet troops Standard of living
