Key Topic 1 Flashcards
What happened at the Tehran conference
They agreed to do a second front
USSR war either Japan after Germany was defeated
UN set after the war
Adding area form easten Poland to USSR
When was the Tehran conference
November 1943
When was the Yalta conference
February 1945
What were discussed agreements at the Yalta conference
The declaration of librated Europe
Germany and Berlin 1/4
Hunt and try Nazi war criminals
Free elections of the country’s liberated
UN set up
What was discussed disagreements at the Yalta conference
Staying wanted higher reparations than Rosenvelt and Churchill
Staying wanted the polish border to be more west and a friendly polish government
Who was at the Yalta conference
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Who was at Tehran conference
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Who was at the Potsdam conference
Stalin
Attle
Truman
How did the change in leadership effect international relations Potsdam
Roosevelt died, and Truman became president. He distrusted Stalin, believing he wished to take over Europe.
Stalin suspected the West Di not want to see a strong USSR. He wanted USSR controlled communists goverments.
Before Potsdam, the atomic bomb was tested. USSR were mad that they went told and felt threatened.
Churchill was suspicious of the USSR he thought that the USSR troops would remain in liberated countries form Germany.
Clement Attle replaced Churchill as prime minister
what was discussed during the Potsdam conference (agreements)
Germany and berlin 1/4
Germany pay reparations
de-Nazification
to move Poland borders west
UN participations
what was discussed during the Potsdam conference (disagreements)
Stalin wanted higher reparations. Truman disagreed seeing a better Germany a barrier to futures soviet expansion
Turman wanted free elections in eastern Europe occupied by soviet troops. Stalin disagreed.
why did the soviet union create satellite states
they created satellite states immediately following the end of WW2. it helped the soviet unions to gain influence in eastern Europe.
Stalin created soviet controlled states as a buffer zone for future invasions
soviet satellite states
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania
consequences of the soviet states
It gave security for the soviet union. Eastern Europe acted as a buffer zone against invitations from the west.
Increased rivalry. USA believed Stalin’s motives were political, the expansion of communism throughout Europe
The soviet union had controlled eastern Europe. Confirmed in the iron curtain speech.
what year was the Potsdam conference
July 1945
what was the long telegram about
it was about how he saw the soviet union as aggressive and suspicious and recommended firm action against soviet expansion in eastern Europe. This greatly influenced Truman policy of containment.
who wrote the long telegram
1946.
written by George Kennan
who wrote the Novikov telegram
1946.
written by Nikolai Novikov
what was the Novikov telegram about
It was in retaliation for the long telegram. Where he accused the US of trying to achieve world domination.
Truman Doctrine what was it
Turman believed that the ussr were trying to spread communism
Greece was being threatened by a communist take over
Britain told the USA that it could no longer afford to support greece.
this increased rivary between the two superpowers
when was the truman doctrine
1947
when was the marshal plan
1947
marshal plan what was it
it was financial aid
it was to help the economy of eastern country’s
also to containment of communism
Rivalry - comecon
Organisation -
Aid - uk and italy economy boost
Division - east/west
consequences of Truman doctrine
Containment
Rivalry
Aid
Stalin
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