Early Cold War 1945-1955 Flashcards
Where were the two conferences involving the big 3 in 1945?
Yalta, Potsdam
Name the big 3 at both conferences
Churchill, Roosavelt, Stalin
Name 3 things agreed at the first conference
1 splitting of Berlin/Germany
2 Punishment of war crimes
3 fight Japan
When did Roosavelt die of polio?
12th April 1945
When did Hitler kill himself?
30th April 1945
what date was VE Day?
8 May 1945
Who were the big three at the second conference in July 1945?
Truman, Atlee, Stalin
Give three reasons there was conflict at the second conference
USSR wanted Germany to pay lots in reparation
What else was agreed at the second conference?
USSR would help Germany
United Nations
What did the allies disagree over
Treatment of Germany
What did the US inform the USSR about at the second conference?
Testing of Atomic bombs
Where did the US drop two atomic bombs and when?
Nakasaki, Hiroshima - August 1945
Which four countries controlled sectors of Germany?
Britain, France, USSR, USA
To which country did Germany have to pay most reparations to after ww2?
USSR
Where and when was Churchill’s iron curtain speech?
5 March 1946, Fulton Missouri
Which six countries lay east of the iron curtain?
Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, USSR, China, Poland
Where did the war crimes trials take place in Germany and when?
Neuremburg, 1947
How did the USA help war torn countries?
Marshall aid
How did Stalin react to this policy?
he forbade it
What policy did the US follow to restrict communism?
Containment
What did the USSR set up to control communist countries and when?
Cominform, 1947
What was the economic side to Cominform?
Commmecon
What was the last country behind the iron curtain to go communist and when?
Czechoslovakia, 1948
When did the Berlin Blockade begin?
June 1948
How did the west supply Berlin during the blockade?
Airlift
When did Stalin call off the blockade?
May 1949
When was NATO set up an what is its full name?
April 1949, North Atlantic treaty organisation
What does the FRG stand for?
The Federal republic of Germany
What does the GDR stand for?
German Democratic republic
When did China go communist?
1949
When did the USSR develop their first atomic bomb?
1949
When was the Korean War?
1950-1953
When did Stalin die?
5th March 1953
Which country joined NATO in 1955?
West Germany
When was the Warsaw Pact set up?
1955
