Cold War Origins 1941-56 Flashcards
When was the Tehran Conference?
Who was present?
1943
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
What were the objectives of the Tehran Conference?
What were the outcomes?
Obj: Discuss what would happen to defeat Germany
Out: USSR would join USA and Britain against Japan, after invading Germany and defeating them
When was the Yalta Conference?
Who was present?
1945
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
What were the objectives and outcomes of the Yalta Conference?
Obj: What to do with Germany once it was defeated
Out: Germany and Berlin divided into four zones for each superpower + France
Soviets allowed a “sphere of influence” in Eastern Europe
When was the Potsdam Conference?
Who was present?
1945
Truman, Atlee, Stalin
What were the objectives of the Potsdam Conference?
Obj: Putting into place what happened at the Yalta Conference
What were the outcomes, in detail, of the Potsdam Conference?
Soviets wanted to be harsh on Germans with reparations— 100,000 Soviet men had been killed in their invasions, but Atlee and Truman did not want to cripple the German economy
No sign of Stalin allowing free elections in Eastern Europe
How was Truman different from Roosevelt in his attitude towards communism?
He was vehemently against it
When and in what cities did the USA drop atomic bombs?
How many were killed in total?
August 6th and 7th 1945 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Killed 210,000 in total
Allegedly, what was the more sinister reason for the atomic bomb besides making Japan surrender?
Warning the USSR of the US’ nuclear monopoly
When was the Iron Curtain speech?
What did Winston Churchill say?
1946
Churchill warns of the ideological divide between East and West Europe is seperating them further
What did Stalin do in Eastern Europe 1945-58?
Installed pro-Soviet ‘puppet’ governments in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, etc.
When was the Long Telegram written?
What did it say?
February 1946
Issued to Truman, saying Stalin gave a speech in favour of the destruction of capitalism, and warned of the USSR trying to weaken Western powers
When was the Novikov Telegram written?
What did it say?
September 1946
Issued to Stalin about USA, claiming that USA were pursuing world supremacy and limiting the USSR’s influence in Europe
When was the Truman Doctrine introduced?
What did it pledge?
How much money to Greece and Turkey?
March 1947
USA pledged to support any nation by communist takeover
$400 million dollars
