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
when was Stuttgart Speech
1946 September by US sec state on combining West zones
nov 1947
London conference foreign ministers - cooperation breaks down
when did industry west levels reach ___ of 1938 levels
70% august 1947 ‘Levels of industry Plan’ ( changed from limitations set at Potsdam)
!Marshall Aid not offered to east! (change essay plan)
when was NATO formed
April 1949
