National Minorities: Post 1945 Period (1945-1964) Flashcards
Post World War II - Yugoslavia: Who came to power in 1945 as a communist leader?
Tito
Post World War II - Yugoslavia: Why did Tito oppose Stalin and his form of communism?
Disagreed with the over-centralisation of government associated with Stalin.
Post World War II - Yugoslavia: How did Stalin deal with the rogue leader Tito?
Kicked him out of Cominform in 1948
(The hope was that he would struggle and make it easy for Stalin to step in and restore order)
Post World War II - Yugoslavia: How did Tito benefit from the Western Powers while in power?
Economic Relations strengthened and even managed to get financial aid under the IMF
Post World War II - Yugoslavia: Name two changes made by Tito for Yugoslavia post 1945.
The handing over of ownership and control of industry from the state to
workers’ councils.
The establishment of communes (consisting of 5000–100,000 people) and a Commune Assembly. The communes, under the guidance of the assembly,
organised their own welfare, health, education and cultural programmes.
The assembly was also responsible for administering economic policy
Post World War II - Yugoslavia: How did Khrushchev’s relationship with Tito appear differently to Stalin.
In 1955, Khrushchev visited Tito to make friends and offer help for the future development of Yugoslavia.
More cordial relations were strengthened by
Khrushchev’s abandonment of Cominform in 1956.
Post World War II - Czechoslovakia: In what year id the country gain free elections?
1946
Post World War II - Czechoslovakia: How many votes did the Communists receive in these elections.
Over 1/3 of the Votes (This saw the election of Klement Gottwald)
Post World War II - Czechoslovakia: Give one reason why just before the ‘48 elections a Communist Coup was mounted.
They were losing support from the people, who blamed them for the eventual rejection of Marshall Aid. American financial help was seen by many Czechs as essential to improving living standards.
They had also lost the cooperation of many non-communist Cabinet
members.
Post World War II - Hungary: Who governed Hungary under the support of Stalin in the early 1950’s?
Rakosi
Post World War II - Hungary: Which moderate replaced Rakosi?
Imre Nagy
Post World War II - Hungary: In what year was the Hungarian Uprising?
1956
Post World War II - Hungary: Name three results for the USSR and Eastern Europe that followed the uprising.
Khrushchev had sent a clear message to Eastern European leaders that he was unwilling, despite de-Stalinisation, to lessen Soviet involvement in their
countries.
The West, especially the USA, realised that Khrushchev was willing to risk a more global conflict occurring by maintaining his authority over Hungary.
Therefore, there was a reluctance from the West to intervene.
After some prevarication, communist China under the leadership of Mao supported Khrushchev’s actions. This temporarily eased some of the tension that had emerged over ideology between the Soviet and Chinese
governments.
Post World War II - Berlin/Germany: How much reparations were to be paid to the Stalinist Regime due to the zonal differences?
Britain and the USA agreed to pay ten per
cent of their reparations to the Stalinist regime and an extra fifteen per cent in exchange for any food and raw materials that Stalin authorised to be moved out
of the Soviet zone.
(But this compromise did not bode well for future cooperation between the Allies over how to support and mould economic policy in Germany)
Post World War II - Berlin/Germany: When did Bizonia begin as a conflict between the superpowers.
1947 Jan
Post World War II - Berlin/Germany: In what year was the West German Constitution approved, marking the birth of a new West German Nation?
1949
