Origins of the Cold War Flashcards
What was the Grand Alliance?
Britain (Churchill/ Atlee)
Russia (Stalin)
America (Roosevelt/ Truman)
What were the key decisions made at Tehran (1943)
UK/ USA would open a Second Front in Europe in 1944.
Russia would join the war against Japan.
The United Nations would be created after the war.
What key decisions were made at Yalta (1944)?
“Free” elections would be held in Eastern Europe.
Germany would be divided into four.
What had changed by Potsdam?
Germany had been defeated.
Roosevelt had died & replaced by Truman.
USA had exploded a test atomic bomb.
What were the key terms decided at Potsdam?
Berlin would be divided into four.
Germany would pay reparations
(Especially to Russia).
Western concerns about Russian control of Poland.
What was a Satellite State?
Eastern European countries under the control of Russia.
Name one Satellite State country.
East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Hungary
How did Churchill refer to the division of Europe?
The Iron Curtain.
What did the Truman Doctrine (1947) state?
The US would support counties resisting Communism.
How much money did the US give Western Europe?
$17 billion. (Marshall Plan)
What were the consequences of the Marshall Plan
US was committed to Western Europe.
Greece, Turkey and Italy resisted Communism.
USSR established Cominform and Comecon
What was Bizonia?
The economic merger
of British & US occupation zones (May 1947).
To make German economy self-sufficient
When was Trizonia formed (The merger of Bizonia & the French occupation zone) ?
April 1949
Why did Stalin shut access to West Berlin in 1948?
He hoped to forced the West out of West Berlin.
How many flights arrived in West Berlin during the Airlift?
275,000
