HIST Exam 3 - FLASHCARDS - 3_25 Lecture 4 done

Question 1

What was the Potsdam Conference of 1945?

Answer 1

Discussion on how to administer defeated Germany. Final big 3 meeting. Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Harry Truman. West Germany controlled by British. East controlled by Soviet Union

Question 2

What was the Iron Curtain speech?

Answer 2

speech by Winston Churchill. Increased mistrust between Stalin and the west

Question 3

What was the Truman Doctrine?

Answer 3

Offered help to any country struggling with communist insurgencies