Comflict And Tension Between East And West Flashcards
Who met at yalta ?
In February 1945, the Big Three – Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin - met again at Yalta in the Crimea region of the USSR.
Yalta outcomes
Germany would be divided into four zones of occupation with the USSR, Britain, France and the USA each controlling a zone.
The German capital, Berlin, was about 100 miles inside the Soviet zone and it, too, was to be divided into four zones, each controlled by one of the Allied powers.
When did postam take place ?
The next meeting of the Big Three took place in July 1945 at Potsdam, just outside Berlin.
Nuclear threat ?
Just before the Conference began, on 16 July 1945, the USA had successfully exploded an atomic bomb at their test site in the New Mexico desert.
Expansion of communism ?
Despite agreeing at Yalta that free elections would be held in Eastern Europe after the defeat of Nazi Germany, there was little evidence at Potsdam that Stalin intended to allow them.
Atomic bomb ?
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions.
Soviet expansion ?
Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe was massive cause of the cold war. Over twenty million Russians died during the Second World War, so Stalin said he wanted to create a buffer zoneof friendly states around Russia to make sure that Russia could never be invaded again.
Truman Doctrine ?
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 29, 1947, and further developed on July 4, 1948, when he pledged to contain threats in Greece and Turkey.
Marshall plan ?
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion (nearly $100 billion in 2018 US dollars) in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II.
Cominform ?
Founded on October 5, 1947, Cominform is the common name for what was officially referred to as the Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers’ Parties
Comecon ?
was an economic organization from 1949 to 1991 under the leadership of the Soviet Union that comprised the countries of the Eastern Bloc along with a number of communist states elsewhere in the world.
Why was Yugoslavia a problem for Stalin ?
During World War II, and especially during the conflict with Stalin that broke out in 1948, Tito’s patriotism and concern for Yugoslavia’s unity would increase, but would always remain subordinate to political expediency and personal power.
Berlin blockade ?
The Berlin Blockade (24 June 1948 – 12 May 1949) was one of the first major international crises of the Cold War. During the multinational occupation of post–World War II Germany, the Soviet Union blocked the Western Allies’ railway, road, and canal access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control.
Chinese Communist Revolution ?
The Chinese Communist Revolution, led by the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao Zedong, resulted in the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China, on 1 October 1949. The revolution began in 1946, at the end of the Second Sino-Japanese War, and was the second part of the Chinese Civil War
Korean War ?
The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border.
