Formation Of Grand Alliance/ Origins Of The Cold War Flashcards
Who was the grand alliance between?
Russia, USA, GB
Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill 
Why did the grand alliance form?
1940-41GB was fighting Germany and Japan alone
1941Japan attacked USA
1942USA USSR and GB agreed to fight together
What did USA bring to grand alliances
Economic and technological advances.
Didn’t know Europe very well
Had to build up armed forces
What did USSR bring to grand alliance?
Red army largest in the world
Lack of technology and resources
What did great Britain bring to gran alliance?
Small exhausted and poor
Had been fighting for 3 years
Leader of USA at the time
Franklin d Roosevelt
Roosevelt’s beliefs
Democratic freedom is important
However We need to work with Stalin In order to win ww2
Although anti communist, relations between them were okay
Who was Roosevelt replaced by when he dies in 1945
Harry s Truman
Truman’s beliefs
Very anticommunist
When Germany was defeated he was much less willing to work with ussr
Says he was tired of ‘babying the soviets’
Who was englands priminister
Winston churchill
Winston churchills beliefs
Similar to fdr
Anticommunist as was conservative mp
Recognised cooperation with Stalin was needed
More likely to disagree with Stalin as the geographical closeness meant he was worried about communism spreading
Who was Churchill replaced by in 1945 elections
Attlee
Attlee’s role in grand alliance
Didn’t play large part
War was over and Britain turned to welfare, NHS and affordable housing
Leader of ussr at the time
Joseph Stalin
Stalins beliefs
Paranoid that west would turn on him following war and try to destroy ussr and communism
Suspicious of USA and uk but new certain desiciones had to be made
Focused on helping allies in end of ww2 but also created a post war buffer zone to protect the USSR
