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Key topic 4 - Who was to blame for the cold war Flashcards

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Why did the USA-USSR alliance break down?

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  • Ideological differences
  • Historic tensions
  • Wartime disagreements
  • Post war disagreements
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Ideological differences

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Capitalism v communism are opposing ideologies. Communism by nature is expansionist and relies on the down fall of capitalism

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Capitalism

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An economic and political system where by a country’s trade and industry and controlled by profit owners for profit rather than by the state

  • Means of production owned by individuals
  • Means of production provide profit
  • Market is supply and demand
  • Each individual receives according to wealth
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Communism

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An economic and political system in which all property, trade and industry is owned by the community and controlled by the state

  • receives according to whats needed
  • gives what they can by ability
  • Means of production provide usefulness to the people
  • Means of production are owned by everyone and not just the wealthy
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Historic tensions

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  • USA and Britain could not forget about Nazi-Soviet pact
  • USSR couldn’t forget about attempted British intervention in the Russian revolution in 1917
  • USSR also couldn’t forget that one of the reasons the west left Hitler alone for so long was the hopes the USSR and Germany would destroy each other
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Why else did the USSR/USA alliance fall apart? 🙈

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  • The USSR sphere of influence was growing and the USA saw as a threat
  • There was no longer any common ground between the two countries.
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Tehran Conference 1943

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November 1943

  • Allied invasion of Italy well underway, USSR counterattack going strong
  • Discussed next steps ( opening second eastern front, Soviet entry into war in japan)
  • Agreed Germany needed to be split up after the war, disagreed on how
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Yalta 1945

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February 1945

Victory likely

  • Agreed what to do with defeated Germany (Unconditional surrender, Germany and Berlin to be divided into 4 zones, Germany to pay reparations)
  • Free elections 😉 to be held in eastern Europe
  • What to do with Poland
  • Stalin to fight war in Japan and receive previously lost land in Japan and gain land in Manchuria
  • UN set up
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Postdam 1945 ( Context )

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July- August 1945

Clement Attlee, Harry Truman , Joseph Stalin

  • Churchill replaced by Attlee during the conference
  • Roosevelt died replaced by Truman ( didn’t like soviets )
  • USA successfully tested first atomic bomb
  • Germany surrendered in May, USSR occupies eastern europe
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Postdam 1945 ( Agreements)

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  • 5 D’s
  • Confirmation of division of Germany into 4 zones
  • Each country could take reparations from their zone with Russia taking 25% from other zones
    -There would be an ‘orderly transfer’ of German speaking people back to Germany
  • Stalin to keep land annexed in 1939. Polish-German border moved westward
  • UN set up
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Postdam 1945 (Disagreements)

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  • Stalin wanted to cripple Germany further, Truman didn’t want a repeat of Versailles
  • Arguments over where boundaries for zones should be drawn
  • There was no sign or statement of Stalin allowing free elections in eastern Europe
  • USSR still wanted to intervene in Japan, Truman didn’t allow it because he didn’t need it and didn’t want to share victory with USSR
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How had the USSR gained control of eastern Europe by 1949?

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Salami tactics- Term coined by Hungrian Stalinist Matyas Rakosi to describe the ‘piece by piece’ takeover of Eastern Europe

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East Germany

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-Given to the USSR after the war ,
- the red army were effectively in control and oversaw the forced transfer of weapons and materials.
-In 1949 became DDR run by Walter Ulbricht

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Greek Civil War

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1945
- Between monarchist and Yugoslavian backed Communists
- Britain could no longer back war and asked USA to step in
- USA took control of situations and monarchists remained in power by 1950

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Peoples socialist republic of Albania

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  • Communists led by Enver Hoxha gained power immediately after the war
  • As the war ended had the backing of Yugoslavia and USSR
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Cominform

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1947

To co-ordinate the various communist governments in eastern europe

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Truman doctrine

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1947

Establishing that the US would provide economic, military or political aid to free peoples fighting subjugation from outside forces

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Marshall plan

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1948

US general George Marshall argued Europe needed to be rebuilt to stop the spread of communism. Asked congress for $17bn , congress refused but after the coup in Czechoslovakia agreed. Stalin forbade any countries from the Easter Bloc to apply for Marshall aid

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Berlin Blockade

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1948-9

  • 1946 Britain, France and the USA combined their zones and created a new currency
  • Stalin printed loads of this currency making it useless then. Blockaded Berlin
  • In response the west conducted the ‘Berlin Airlift’ supplying the city goods by air at its height supplies were dropped off every minute
  • Stalin lifted the Blockade May 1949
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COMECON

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1949

Council for Mutual economic assistance

  • set up to co-ordinate the industries and trade of eastern Europe. Favoured the USSR over its other members
  • Made Poland sell its coal at 1/10th the price
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NATO

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1949

  • Set up as a mutual defence treaty
  • USA,Canada,UK,Belgium,Netherlands, Portugal,Denmark,Norway and Iceland
  • Article 5 ‘ An armed attack against one or more of them shall be considered an armed attack against them all’
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USSR was to blame for war

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  • Soviet takeover of eastern europe
  • Breaking Yalta agreements
  • Anti capitalist ideology / communist revolutionary
  • Czechoslovakia 1948
  • Berlin Blockade 1948-49
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USA to blame

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  • involvement in Greek civil war
  • iron curtain speech
  • Truman doctrine
  • Marshall aid which the USSR viewed as dollar imperialism
  • West Germany( uniting it and introducing currency without consulting USSR)
  • NATO
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Iron curtain speech

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‘From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent

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Warsaw pact

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May 1955

mutual defence treaty
Response to west germany joining NATO
- Consisted of USSR,Romania,Poland, Hungary,East Germany,Czechoslovakia,Bulgaria and Albania

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when was the berlin blockade lifted?

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May 1949

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When was the berlin blockade?

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1948-1949

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When was NATO set up?

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1949

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What countries were in NATO?

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UK, Canada, Netherlands, Belgium,USA, Portugal,denmark, Norway & Iceland

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Article 5

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NATO

‘ An armed attack against one of them should be considered an armed attack against them all’

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What were the 5’ds?

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Wanted Germany Denazified, demilitarised, democratised , decentralised and dismantled. This included laws, industry and war criminals persecuted

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Where were the 5’d’s agreed on

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postdam 1945

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What changed between the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences

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Roosevelt replaced by Truman, who was ‘tired of babying the Soviets’ (more critical of USSR)
- US developed nuclear weapons
- Communists had taken over parts of eastern Europe e.g. Poland
- Churchill replaced by Attlee
- Germany surrendered, Hitler dead

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How long did the berlin air lift last?

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11 months

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How many flights were involved in the berlin airlift?

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300,000

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36
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When was soviet control established in Bulgaria?

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1947

37
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What led up to the communist takeover of Bulgaria?

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  • in 1941 Bulgaria joined the axis powers with germany
  • When USSR began turning tide of war communist oppositio to the government grew
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august 1944 (Bulgaria)

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Stalin declared he no longer recognise Bulgarian neutrality and Bulgarian government ordered german troops to leave the country

39
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What happened after German troops left bulgaria?

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Soviet forces invaded and overthrew the government and replaced it with the fatherland front a coalition of communist parties that had been resisting the previous government

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What happened in 1946 (Bulgaria)

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a communist regime was installed and led by Georgi Dimitrov and his Bulgarian communist party, the largest member of the fatherland front

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How did Georgi Dimitrov and the Bulgarian communist party secure its position

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political opponents were arrested or killed and the monarchy was abolished in 1946 and in its place was the peoples republic of Bulgaria.

42
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When did the red army leave Bulgaria?

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1947

43
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Why did the red army leave bulgaria in 1947

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A new constitution was introduced ending bulgarian democracy for good

44
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What did Poland become towards the end of the war?

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diplomatic flashpoint for the allied powers. Britain and the US wanted to restore the polish government the. ‘ london poles’ and Stalin wanted to put the ‘Lublin poles’ in power

45
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When was poland liberated by the red army?

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1945

46
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What followed the red armies liberation of poland

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A coalition government was formed and dominated by mostly ‘Lublin poles’

47
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What did the USSR do instead of holding free elections in eastern europe as promised?

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Helped the Lublin poles target opposition. The USSR aided in arresting,killing and torturing opposition

48
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When did Poland become a satellite state?

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1947

49
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What allowed poland to become a satellite state?

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A rigged election that gave communists 80% of the vote

50
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Who led communist poland?

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Bolesaw Bierut ( a little ‘stalin’)

51
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When did the red army occupy romania

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by the end of 1945

52
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Romanian leader in March 1945

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Dr Petru Groza of the ploughmen’s front in a government mostly controlled by communists

53
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How did the USSR help romanian communists?

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Helped them take control of the police force and security forces

54
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19th November romanian election1946

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The communist led block of democratic parties claimed 90% of the vote.

55
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1947 Romania

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Forced King Micheal to abdicate

56
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How did romanian communists secure power?

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After forming a government accused opposition of espionage and treason and arrested political opponents

57
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Romania April 1948

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Formally became the Romanian peoples republic, a communist soviet satellitew syate led by Gheorghiu-Dej

58
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When did Soviets completely run the Nazi’s out of Hungary

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Febuary 1945

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1st feb 1946

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Kingdom of hungary was formally abolished and replaced by the second republic of Hungary

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What was the second republic of hungary

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an uneasy coalituon of pro democratic parties and the Hungarian communist party who were unpopular and only won 17% of the vote

61
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How were communist able to take control of hungary despite their unpopularity

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Through the use of political intrigue to systematically eliminate their opponents through conspiracy and oppression

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Leader of Hungarian communist party

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Matyas Rakosi

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June 1942

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The communist party along side avo (the secret police) destroyed opposition and had effective control

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August 1947

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rigged election increased communist share of the vote

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august 1949

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the country was proclaimed the hungarian peoples republic, a one part socialist state under the influence of the soviet union

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5th may 1944

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spontaneous uprising in prauge overthrew nazi rule

67
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Edvard benes and the USSR agreement

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‘Czechoslovak territory liberated by the Red Army would be placed under Czechoslovak civilian control

68
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What followe d edvard benes + USSR agreement?

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Benes was restored as leader of Czecholovakia despite not being a communist as stalin believed as the communist party in Czechoslovakia was pretty strong it would fall to communism eventually

69
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1946 Czechoslovakia

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the communists one big but not enough to take power

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feb 1948 Czechoslovakia

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Stalin ordered a communist coup detat. Jan Masaryak was murdered as he was the only prominent minister not communist

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9 june 1948 czechoslovakia

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czecholovakia became a communist state and edvard benes resignes

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East Germany

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Made the DDR (german democratic republic) after The us,france and britain combined their zones to make west germany in march 1948

73
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Who led DDR?

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Walter Ulbricht a german politician that had lived in the USSR from 1937-45. a little stalin

74
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Why did Yugoslavia never become a communist state?

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because the yugoslav partisans prevented nazis ever getting control of the country without the red army

75
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Who led the Yugoslav partisans

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Joseph tito he was the leader of the communist anti fascist resistance

76
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What happened to czechoslovakia after the war?

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Became the fedral peoples republic of yugoslavia led by Joseph Tito

77
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SFR republic

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arty socialist state made up of six socialist republics – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia – and sided with the Eastern Bloc.

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when did the Tito-stalin split happen

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1948

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5’D’s

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Wanted Germany Denazified, demilitarised, democratised , decentralised and dismantled. This included laws, industry and war criminals persecuted

80
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When was the Tehran conference?

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November 1943

81
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Who was at the Tehran conference?

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Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt , Joseph Stalin

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When was the Yalta conference?

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Febuary 1945

83
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Who was at Yalta conference?

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Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin

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When was the Postdam conference?

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July-august 1945

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Who was at the postdam conference?

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Clement Attlee, Harry Truman , Joseph Stalin

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when did the west combine their zones

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1946

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What did the west do once the combined their zones?

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Britain, France and the USA combined their zones and created a new currency

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In yalta 1945 what was agreed to be done with Poland?

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Coalition gov of Lublin poles and exiled ‘London’ poles created, free elections

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Marshall aid

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Seen as dollar imperialism
stalin forbade any member of the Western blocfrom applying for it

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