Cold War - Origins and Beginning Flashcards
1
Q
Yalta conference
A
- Feb 1945
- germany divided into 4
- free elections in occupied eastern europe
- set up UN
2
Q
Potsdam conference
A
- July 1945
- Red Army in control of Poland where there was gonna be communist govt
-new Us president Truman less willing to compromise and cut of economic aid to USSR
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3
Q
contrasting attitudes
A
- capitalism v communism
- state control vs private enterprise
4
Q
atomic bomb
A
- American ‘nuclear hegemony
only country to have nuclear bomb - kept details a secret
- Hiroshima bombings to intimidate USSR
- increased tensions and fuelled competition
5
Q
USSR influence in Eastern europe
A
- installed pro- soviet puppet governments in Poland, hungary, czechoslovakia and others
- increased tensions as ussr disobeyed agreements,
- increased suspicions
6
Q
iron curtain speech
A
- 1946
- demonstrates breakdown of the grand alliance
- confirms that US and Uk now see USSR as threat and not ally
7
Q
truman doctrine
A
- 1947
- pledge to support any country threatened by communism
- $400 mill to Greece and Turkey
- Domino Theory
8
Q
marshall plan
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- 1947
- $17 bill of aid to western european countries to rebuild economy
9
Q
Cominform
A
- 1947
- brought all eastern european countries together
10
Q
Comecon
A
- 1949
- counter to marshall plan
- nationalising industries, economic aid
11
Q
West germany
A
- 1948
- all three sides joined together in berlin
- single currency
12
Q
Berlin blockade
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- Stalin tried to blockade west berlin from outside world
13
Q
Berlin Airlift
A
- way of bypassing blockade by flying over it
- 8000 tons of supplies by 1949 every day
- Tegel airport
14
Q
NATO
A
- 1949
- western powers military alliance
15
Q
Warsaw Pact
A
- 1955
- opposite
