Origins of the Cold War Flashcards
Who were the “Big Three” at the end of WWII?
USSR - Joseph Stalin
USA - Franklin Roosevelt then Harry Truman
UK - Winston Churchill then Clement Attlee
When was the Yalta conference?
February 1945
What were 3 things agreed upon at Yalta?
Any 3 of:
- no separate peace
- Germany would be divided into zones of occupation
- reparations of US$ 20 Billion were to be paid
- Stalin to help fight Japan after Germany was defeated
- Free and fair multi-party elections were to be held
What were 3 things disagreed upon at Potsdam?
- Stalin wanted to cripple Germany, Truman did not
- Disagreed upon reparations
- Disagreed on Soviet Policy in Eastern Europe
When was the Potsdam conference?
July and August 1945
What were 3 things agreed upon at Potsdam?
Any 3 of:
- Polish-German border
- Germany would be denazified and war trials held
- Zones of occupation were established
- Council of Foreign Ministers created to deal with defeated nations
- Allied control in Berlin
Where were communist governments installed by the USSR in Eastern Europe?
Poland Romania Bulgaria Hungary Czechoslovakia
When was the Berlin Blockade and Airlift?
June 1948 - May 1949
Who wrote the Long Telegram and when was it sent?
George Kennan, February 1946
When was NATO formed and what does it stand for?
4 April 1949
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
When was the Warsaw Pact formed?
14 May 1955
What was the Truman Doctrine?
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.
What was the Marshall Plan?
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion (nearly $100 billion in 2018 US dollars) in economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of World War II.
When was the Truman Doctrine announced?
1947 and 1948
When was the Marshall plan announced?
1948
