Cold War And Superpower Relations Flashcards
Which country belived in capitalsim?
USA
Wich country belived in communism?
USSR/ soviet union
Who was the leader of the USSR
Joseph Stalin
What year was the Tehran conference?
November 1943
Name 2 things that were agreed at the Tehran conference
What did the big 3 become known as?
The grand alliance (winston churchill, stanlin, Roosevelt)
Which leader appeared to be the ‘odd one out’ and why?
Winston churchill because Roosevelt didnt trust him
The USA and the USSR become known as the ‘___________’ of the world
Superpowers
When was the Yalta conference?
Feb 1945
What agreements were made at Yalta? (Dont need to know all of them)
-all three decided to join the United Nations
-Germany was to be dived into four zones of occupations
-Stalin agreed to join the war against Japan once Germany was defeated
- Leauge of Nations set up to keep peace
-Nazi party banned
-Germany would pay 20 Billion in reparations (half of wich would go to the USSR)
-Stalin to have a sphere of influence in eastern europe
-‘Free elections’ to be held to decide goverments in countries liberated from Nazi occupation
When was the Postdam Conference?
July 1945|
Who was present at the Potsdam conference?
Truman, Stalin and Atlee
What was agreed in the Postdam Conference?
-USSR to gain Eastern Poland
-Poland to be compensated with some German territory
What disagreements were made at the Yalta conference?
-there was a disagreement about Poland. Stalin insisted on a ‘friendly goverment’
What diagreements were made at the Potsdam confernce?
