Tensions 1941-1945 Flashcards
Long term
(civil war)
October 24th 1917Russian revolution
Civil war 1918 -1922
5 million die
West support white army
18000 british and 13000 usa troops sent
359uk solders 279 USA soldiers die
West send detachments to port Arthur and port archangel
Long term (russo polish war)
14 February 1919 – 18 March 1921
jan 1920 – 300000 Pha troops invade
Humiliation
Peace treaty of RIga - October 16th 1920, concede land
French provide 500 tanks to poland
Long term (soviet policy 1933-1939)
New cities built from scratch
20 million killed in expansion
Repossession of Ukrainian farms – 8 million die in Famine 1934-1938
Stalin’s brutality grows – kills 81of103 military admirals
show trials of 14 august 1938. Zionvev kamenev on august 14th 1938
Tensions as witnessed by Us diplomats George Kennan and William Bluiett= First Moscow Assignment (1933–1937):
Long telegram - February 22, 1946. In response to Stalins expansionist speech
Russian actions in ww2
Nazi soviet pact —August 23, 1939
Invaded Poland, Finland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania before Nazi Germany invaded the USSR in 1941
Warsaw uprising in August of 1944 — July 13th 1944 – enter Poland, July 24Th plan uprising over Nazis over radio with PHA — August 1st 1944 – they bail out – leaves 200000 to die 150000 sent to concentration camps
Jan 1945 – Poland is liberated ussr execute remaning PHA/ arrest gov in exile to set up puppet state – are clearly not trustworthy
Katyn forest massacre March-May 1940, 22000 Poles killed
Wests actions in ww2
2nd Moscow cofrence – 12th august 1942 – refuse to open and 2nd front in cherbourgh france
Lasts over 3 and ½ hrs – tensions rise – stalin wants to relase suffering on soviet fronts – suggest taking back british virgin islands
Tension as ; fighting worse on soviet fron , 25million killed vs 7million from uk/usa — stalin feels west are intentionally weakening ussr
Lend lease act - March 11, 1941 – provides 11billion to ussr vs 31 billion to uK throughout war
Tension as – ussr need money more, stalingard invasion is detrimential – 22nd June 1941 – 8000000 Killed, 6 million captured and wounded
