THE COLD WAR

Question 0

YALTA Decisions

Answer 0

Germany+Berlin to split into 4 zones

Nazi war criminals hunted and tried

Free elections in East Europe

USSR to join against JAPAN

UN to be set-up

Undecided polish borders

Question 1

Background

Answer 1

HISTORY
USA+Britain- attempted to stop Bolshevik Revolution in 1918

AIMS
USA-recovery of Germany, fear of Domino Theory
USSR-reparations of Germany, buffer from future German invasion

Question 2

POTSDAM Check-Ups

Answer 2

Stalin occupied countries meant to have elections

Truman had dropped atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Poland occupied by Stalin

War criminals+Zones confirmed

Own zones to take own reparations

After German surrender in May 1945

Question 3

HIROSHIMA&NAGASAKI

Answer 3

Truman dropped A Bomb to stop Stalin joining the war and avoid giving him lands promised at Yalta

SPARKS ARMS RACE

Question 4

Soviet Expansion Countries

Answer 4

BULGARIA
POLAND
HUNGARY
ALBANIA
ROMANIA
EAST GERMANY
CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Question 4

Poland

Answer 4

Communist government set-up in 1945. All other leader exiled in 1947

Question 5

Czechoslovakia

Answer 5

Communists set-up coalition in 1945. In 1948 Communists banned all other parties and killed their leaders.
TRIGGER FOR MARSHALL PLAN

Question 7

American fear theory

Answer 7

Domino effect

Question 8

TRUMAN DOCTRINE

Answer 8

TURKEY AND GREECE

1947

$400 million to prevent further soviet expansion
POLICY OF CONTAINMENT

Question 9

Marshall Plan

Answer 9

1948
$17 billion to 16 countries
Including Yugoslavia

Improve agriculture then build up industry

Question 10

Statins reactions to Marshall Plan& Truman Doctrine

Answer 10

Cominform+Comecon

satellite states

Question 11

Berlin Blockade-Why?

Answer 11

-Stalin wanted to destroy Germany
USA WANTED OPPOSITE
-Bizonia 
-Truman Doctrine+Marshall Plan
-New currency
AIRLIFT STARTED

Question 12

Berlin Airlift-Facts

Answer 12

Lasted 318 days

First flight-26th June 1948

275,000 flights dropped 1 1/2 million tonnes is supplies

Question 13

Arms Race

Answer 13

1945
US DROPS ATOM BOMB

1949
SOVIETS TEST FIRST ATOM BOMB
formation of nato

1950
RUSSIAN SPY CAUGHT IN US FACTORY

1952
US TEST H-BOMB
USSR DEVELOP LONG-RANGE BOMBERS+STALINS DEATH

Question 14

The reason Nuclear War Never broke out?

Answer 14

Mutually Assured Destruction

Question 15

NATO MEMBERS

Answer 15

CANADA
USA
DENMARK
ICELAND
NORWAY
FRANCE
PORTUGAL
LUXEMBOURG
FRANCE
BRITAIN
TURKEY
WEST GERMANY
BELGIUM
NETHERLANDS 
ITALY

Question 16

Khrushchev’s Policies

Answer 16

Peaceful co-existence

Destalinisation

Question 17

Khrushchev’s actions (positive)

Answer 17

• Met with Western leaders for Summit meetings
• in 1956 destalinisation of Russia was complete
• Removed missiles from Cuba

Question 18

Korean War in 6 points

Answer 18

• 1950 NKPA attack South Korea
• South Korea easily defeated
• UN sends troops led my General MacArthur
• Static fighting for 2 years
• President Truman offers peace with underlying threat of Atom bomb
• STALEMATE AT THE 38th PARALLEL

Question 19

Khrushchev’s negative actions

Answer 19

• more controlling of satellite states
• created Warsaw Pact(1955)
• loved to argue

Question 20

Warsaw Pact

Answer 20

RUSSIA
BULGARIA
POLAND
HUNGARY
Albania
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
Romania

Question 21

Hungary

Answer 21

Hungary invaded by Russia in 1945 and Allies agreed with occupation. In elections non-communists gained Majority while Communists gained Minority. Communists elected were led by Rakosi who demanded banning of opposition. He hinted at Russian invasion in case of disagreement. Slowly, he gained support and began arresting opposition.