Early Tensions Flashcards
When was The Cold War?
1941-1991
What is The Grand Alliance?
The USSR, USA & Britain formed an alliance in 1941 to defeat Germany
When was the Tehran conference?
November 1943
What agreements were made in the Tehran conference?
•USA and Britain would open a second front to easy pressure off Russia
•Stalin would declare war on Japan and supply soviet troops to USA
•What would happen to Germany after the war
•International body set up
What were the impacts of the Tehran conference?
•Good relations between Roosevelt and Stalin
•Agreement of when second front should be opened
When was Yalta?
February 1945
What were the areas of agreement of Yalta?
•Germany would be split into four zones
•Germany paused $20bn in reparations
•Nazi party banner
•United nations set up
•Stalin joined war against Japan
•Stalin agreed Eastern Europe would have free elections
What we’re the disagreements of of Yalta?
•How the Poland border would be
When was the Potsdam conference?
July-August 1945
What changed between Yalta and Potsdam?
•Truman replaced Roosevelt
•Churchill replaced by Atlee
•Germany surrendered in 1945
•USA has developed atomic bomb
What was agreed in Potsdam?
•Germany would be divided into 4 zones
•Berlin would be divided into 4 zones
•Soviet Union could take 1/4 of industrial equipment from other zones
What was disagreed on in Potsdam?
•Governments of Eastern Europe
•How much reparations Germany should pay
When did the USA test their first A bomb?
16th August 1945
Why was Stalin suspicious of Truman in 1945 and what did it lead to?
•He wouldn’t share A bomb ‘recipe’
•Arms race
What happened in 1949?
USSR exploded their own nuclear weapon so USA began to develop the H bomb
What are the secret telegrams?
USA & USSR had reports sent from their embassies for information on the other leaders and their plans
What was the long telegram?
•Truman received a telegram from Kennan that said:
•Stalin had given a speech calling for destruction of capitalism
•Russia was building military power
•The USA should seek to contain communism
What was the Novikov telegram?
Stalin received a telegram from Novikov that said:
•USA desired to dominate world
•Following Roosevelt’s death the US gov didn’t want to co operate with Russia
•US public prepared for war with USSR
When did The Grand Alliance end?
1946
When was the Iron Curtain speech?
1946
What was the Iron Curtain speech?
Churchill made a speech saying an iron curtain had descended across the continent of Europe
How did the USSR respond to its nuclear inferiority?
By strengthening control over Eastern Europe e.g
•Rigged elections, violence, intimidation
What did USA claim about USSR actions in 1947?
That their measurements were aggressive and a threat to the west
