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Potsdam 1940s Flashcards

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When was Potsdam?

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July 1945

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Who was at Potsdam?

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Attlee (UK), Truman (USA) and Stalin (USSR)

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Why did Potsdam cause tension?

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Because USA’s new president (Truman) hated communism openly and USSR (Stalin) was communist

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What happened the day before Potsdam?

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The first successful test of the USA’s atomic bomb (That Stalin already knew about from spies)

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What were the key agreements at Potsdam?

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That Germany was to be divided as discussed at YALTA, The Nazi Party was banned and its former leaders would be tried as war criminals, Germans living in Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia were to be returned to Germany and Poland was to lose some territory in the east to the USSR

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History GCSE CW and A 1940s 60s an 7s (12 decks)

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