Overview Flashcards
1
Q
Norman David quotation post 1945
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“one of the grand illusions of modern history.”
2
Q
Position of USSR after 1945
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- emerged as the greatest military power in Europe
- one of the two super powers in the world
3
Q
Naz-Soviet Pact
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- USSR had kept gains from Nazi- Soviet pact
- Now also controlled satellite states of Eastern Europe
4
Q
Post 1945 period is known as
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“High Stalinism”
- Stalin’s leadership was now undisputed
- authority over state and Party
- Cult of personality
- hero of WW2
