potsdam!!

Question 1

when was potsdam??

Answer 1

July 1945

Question 2

who was at Potsdam conference?

Answer 2

clement atlee (britain), harry Truman (usa),
Joseph stalin (ussr)

Question 3

how did the great alliance dissolve?

Answer 3

unity between east and west began to break down.
- stalins desire to make germany pay reparations was totally opposed by truman and atlee
-truman and atlet wanted independence and self-determination for the countries of eastern europe. stalin wanted them to remain under soviet influence.
-with the ussr’s red army occupying most of eastern europe and the war against japan still raging on, the west simply had to accept the situation as it was

Question 4

what where the key agreements from Potsdam?

Answer 4

the division of germany was confirmed, the nazi party was banned and its leader put on trial, germans living in Poland,hungary and czechoslovakia were to be returned to germany, Poland was to lose some territory to the ussr

Question 5

what did clement atlee want??

Answer 5

-focused on domestic plans, e.g. the creation of the welfare state
-worried about soviet expansion
-wanted a secure germany
-saw Britain as weaker and needing American friendship

Question 6

what did harry truman want??

Answer 6

-wanted self determination for the countries of europe
-distrusted stalin and his intentions
- thought America had the upper hand because of the atomic bomb

Question 7

what did Joseph stalin think??

Answer 7

-saw america as a rival and wanted security for the ussr
-thought he was in a powerful position with the red army occupying eastern europe
-distrusted america now it had the atomic bomb