Kq4 Flashcards

1
Q

Potsdam conference

A

July 1945

Stalin, Truman, atlee

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2
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Operation torch

A

1942

BR becomes junior partner

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3
Q

Dresden?

A

13 Deb 1945- 40,000 dead

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4
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Atlantic charter

A

August 1941

Noble statement of freedom & democracy

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5
Q

Problems of Dresden

A

Killed civilians
At end of war, no purpose
Morale high ground lost

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6
Q

How many BR troops of bomber command died?

A

55,000

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7
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How many Gers lost their lives?

A

1/2 million

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8
Q

Tehran?

A

November 1943

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9
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What do to GER after 1945?

A

De militarised
De nazification
De centralisation

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10
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Bombing campaign strategy who led it ?

A

Total war under Arthur Harris

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11
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Early bomb destruction to GER?

A

June 1943 Ruhr and Hamburg, Cologne

All industrial places = v effective

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12
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Relationship w Charles de Gaulle

A

Respected him
Moral obligation to help
Rude
Heated arguments

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13
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Churchill view on Stalin ?

A

Blood thirsty dictator
Nazi-soviet pact
Communist ewwww

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14
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V.e day

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8th may 1945

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15
Q

Roosevelt died?

A

April 1945

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16
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Churchill & stamina aims

A

Ch- keep russ in war, weaken Germany, delay 2nd front
St- 2nd front, friendly powers to border Russ,

17
Q

American help in war effort pre 1941?

A

50 U.S. destroyers (use of Caribbean bases)

Lend-lease agreement (s.africa gold)

18
Q

Grand alliance ?

A

BR, RU, FR

December 1941

19
Q

War strategy from 1941?

A

Med stat under Churchill

20
Q

+ of med strategy

A

Avoid blood baths
Protect BR interests (Suez Canal)
Soft underbelly

21
Q

December 1941

A

Pearl harbour

22
Q

Roosevelt at Tehran

A

Annoyed at br’s war strategy

-trapped in a war they didn’t want to be in

23
Q

Yalta conference

A

Feb 1945, plan on post war Germany

Churchills naughty plan, split ger & Poland up

24
Q

What year did church and rose, hit rocky relationship

A

1944 and Tehran

25
Q

What happened at Tehran ?

A

second front in France
Lost his only bargaining tool
Polish territory

26
Q

Factors of med strat?

A

Russ bear brunt of fight
Soft underbelly
Suez Canal

27
Q

Problems of the med strategy?

A

Russia may not survive
Stalin might make deal with Hitler
USA want second front in France