Superpower Relations + The Cold War Flashcards
What is the order of the conferences’
Tehran-1943
Yalta-1945
Potsdam- 1945
Who was at the TEHRAN conference
UK- Churchill
USA- Rosevelt
RUSSIA- Starin
Who was at the Yalta conference?
UK - Churchill
USA- Rosevelt
RUSSIA - Starlin
Who was at the POTSDAM conference?
UK - Atlee
USA - Truman
RUSSIA - Starlin
What was discussed at the Tehran Conference?
USA and Britain would open a ‘second front’ by launching an attack on Germany.
Starlin would go to war with Japan.
The United Nations should be set up.
What was Agreed at Yalta?
Germany would be split into four zones controlled by USA, Britain, France and Soviet Union
The Nazi party was banned
The United Nations was set up
Starlin agreed to join the war against Japan
Future governments in Eastern Europe would be decided by a free election
What was agreed at Potsdam?
Berlin would be split into four zones, USA, Britain, France and Soviet Union
What did Starlin want at Potsdam which Truman did not agree with?
Starlin wanted Germany to pay heavy reparations. Truman thought this would make it harder for the German economy to recover
When did the USA drop an Atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
6th August 1945
When was the second atomic bomb released over Nagasaki
9th August 1945
How many Japanese civilians were killed by the two bombs?
120,000
What was Starlins reaction to the atomic bomb?
Starlin felt even more determined to make the soviet union secure. He now wanted to create a buffer zone between the soviet union and non-communist countries.
When did the Soviet Union create their own atom bomb?
29th August 1949
How did the Atomic Bomb increase tensions?
The bomb could kill millions of people and destroy the world a million times over.
What was the George Keenans Long Telegram?
He reported that Starlin wanted to see the destruction of capitalism he felt as if the world outside was trying to destroy communism.
What was the Americans reaction to the George Keenan Telegram?
It played a key role in American policy towards the soviet union. The American government was determined there should be a policy of ‘containment’ to stop communism spreading.
What was the Novikov telegram?
A telegram sent from the USA to Moscow
What did the Novikov Telegram say?
That the USA wanted their power to dominate the world. The Americans no longer wanted to cooperate with the Soviet Union
What was the Impact of the Novikov Telegram?
The soviet union wanted to protect themselves as possible from the Americans.
When was the Iron curtain speech and what did it say?
March 1946
Churchill(who was no longer prime minister but had massive influence) said that the Soviet Union was a threat to freedom and world peace.
What was the impact of the Iron Curtain speech?
Increased tensions and mis-trust and led to the USSR to strengthen its forces and set up anti western propaganda.
When did the Satellite states get set up?
1944 and 45
Whats were the satellite states?
The countries on the boarders of The Soviet Union. He supposedly set them free but actually set them up with Communist governments to create a buffer zone between the Soviet Union and western Europe.
What was the impact of the Satellite States?
Truman saw this as evidence that the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism and relations became more tense.
