dates Flashcards
atmosphere at Yalta
cooperation + potential for peace - feb 1945 -
what do allies agree on at Yalta
divide germany into 4 zones
key phrase for Yalta
free elections - was west naive as agree on free elections w/ stalin ideologically against free elections
what’s a free election
population have free choice
economic issue discussed at Yalta
reparations + Poland
when was VE Day
8th may 1945
what was ACC
allied control council - cooperate
when does cooperation begin to fade
July 1945 Potsdam
Federalism - UK
UK suspicious of
when did Soviets begin nationalisation
September 1945 ( licenses to mines to nationalise)
why is nationalisation suggesting anti-cooperation
suggests permanence of communist ideaology
what is George Kennans long telegram
1946 deputy chief Moscow embassy (American) ‘soviet foreign policy expansionist’ - ‘permanent revolution’
oct 1946 how much did SED poll
47.5%
1946 Iron curtain speech - what was Churchill attempting to do
keep America in Europe
what were soviet joint stock companies
soviets part own companies