Grand Alliance

Question 1

Formation of Grand Alliance

Answer 1

USSR, USA, Britain create formal alliance in 1943.

Question 2

American Involvement

Answer 2

Joined after the Dec 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbour.

Question 3

USA V USSR DYNAMIC

Answer 3

‘Direct Ideological Rival’

USA & Britain supported anti communist troops during the 1917-21 Russian Civil War.

Question 4

First Red Scare

1928-30’s

Answer 4

Profound American fear of communism as a result of ideological rivalry

Question 5

Ideological reason for failure

Answer 5

Communism didn’t allow for a free market, fredom of speech or voting juxtaposing captalist ideals.

Alliance only worked during a time of peril

Question 6

Tehran 1943

Answer 6

Second Front: A primary outcome of the Tehran Conference was the Western Allies’ commitment to open a second front against Nazi Germany, which included an invasion of France in 1943.

Unconditional Surrender: The Allies agreed they would not end fighting until the unconditional surrender of Germany, preventing any separate peace treaties.

Post-War Germany: The Allied leaders intended to divide Germany into pieces to prevent them from starting another war, though they did not finalize any decisions at the conference.

International Organization for Peace: The Allies agreed to establish an International Organization for peace, which would later become the United Nations to help promote peace and resolve international conflicts.

Soviet Entry into the War Against Japan: Stalin renewed the Soviet promise to join the war against Japan following the defeat of Germany.

Question 7

Yalta 1945

Answer 7

• Held once Allied victory in Europe was on the hotizon and clearly going to win ww2

-Occupation of Germany: Germany would undergo demilitarization and denazification, and be divided into four occupation zones controlled by the USSR, the USA, Britain, and France. Berlin, situated within the Soviet zone, would also be divided.

Unconditional Surrender: The Allies reaffirmed their commitment to Germany’s unconditional surrender.

Eastern Europe and Free Elections: All countries freed from Nazi control were to be guaranteed the right to hold free elections and choose their own governments; however, Stalin was offered a sphere of influence over Eastern Europe

War Reparations: Germany would be required to make war reparations, partly through the use of forced labor, to repair the damage it inflicted on its victims. A reparation council was to be created and located in the Soviet Union.

Question 8

Yalta 1945 outcomes

Answer 8

• Churchill agrees for Poland to go to Russia, 6 million of the red army occupy Eastern Europe
• Russia to join the war against Japan 3 months after the fall of germany
• Russia is denied 12 votes in the UN instead given 1

Question 9

Potsdam 1945

Answer 9

• Allies won WW2
• Western allies occupy West Germany, Russia occupies Eastern Germany
• Germany Divided in to 4 zones, Berlin done the same
• Euorpean borders moved westward with Russia agreeing to democracy and to remove troops

Russia did not fufill this

Question 10

Potsdam outcomes

Answer 10

• USA no longer wants Soviet support due to fears of expansionism
• Americans drop A bomb on Japan in Aug 1945, Soviets do not join the war
• Bomb shows force
• UN is formed

Question 11

UN security council consists of

Answer 11

USA, USSR, UK, China, France
all have veto power