International Relations Flashcards
Who were the ‘big three’?
Stalin
Churchill
Roosevelt
Where was the Yalta conference and when?
Ukraine, February 1945.
Name some agreements at the Yalta conference?
- Germany and Berlin would be split into 4 zones
- hunt and prosecute Nazis
- countries in Eastern Europe will be allowed free elections
- Stalin agrees to help USA fight in Japan after Germany’s defeated
What was the soviet of sphere influence?
20million Russians died in the war so agreed to Russia having effect over Eastern Europe
Why did the USA/GB and USSR not get on before the alliance in 1945?
USSR were communist.
Name some disagreements at Yalta
-Poland - Stalin wanted to take part of Poland himself by moving USSRs border to Poland
When was potsdam
July 1945
Changes between Y and P
- Stalin had taken over most of Eastern Europe ( main one) so the others won’t trust him in the future
- new leaders in USA
- US tested atomic bomb
- Hitler died , Germany had fallen
Disagreements at Potsdam
- what to do about Germany
- Stalin wanted pay pack
- Truman disagreed with the soviet policy
What’s the iron curtain
Churchill went to USA in 1946 to warn them about Stalin
What’s a proxy war
Where two sides fight through their enemy
What’s the Truman doctrine
Anyone under the threat of communism should be given Us help
What’s the Marshall aid
Money given to countries to rebuild them after the war to prevent them from falling to communism
What did Stalin do because he was angry with what west Germany were doing with West Berlin
Built a blockade to stop west Germany from getting to Berlin
How did west Germany bring supplies to West Berlin when the blockade was active
Air lift - the U.S. Didn’t want to destroy the blockade to start war so air lifted supplies etc. instead
What were the consequences of the air lift
- breakdown of trust between west and east
- expensive
What is a Cold War
A war in which two super powers opposed each other however with no direct fighting. The USA were capitalists and the USSR were communist
Define communism
Low tax, everyone has equal rights
Define capitalism
Extreme of wealth and more freedom
Define the arms race
Conpetition for weapons , USSR vs USA
Causes of Cold War (4)
Communism bs capitalism Fears of soviet expansion Splitting of Germany Changes at Potsdam Arms race Iron curtain Tension as more countries turn to communism Marshall aid Blackade and airlift
Causes of Cuban missile crisis
Fear- the USA were afraid of a nuclear attack from USSR
Who was Batista
Cuban dictator
He was corrupt and unpopular
He opposed communism
Who was Castro
Cleaver propagandist and was slightly Communist
Why did relations between Cuba and USA break dow
- USA wanted
