the cold war Flashcards
explain two consequences of the conference in Tehran
the big three planned a winning strategy to defeat Hitler
explain two consequences of the conference in Yalta
it was decided that Germany would be split into four zones
- stalin felt that he had received the poorest zone and resented the US and britain, worsening international relations
the suspicion between the two sides grew as they continued to disagree on how poland should be governed
- stalin wanted a communist government but britain and the us support the ‘london poles’ and relations worsened
explain two consequences of the conference in Potsdam
the superpowers continued to disagree and relations worsened
- truman disliked stalin’s control over eastern europe
explain two consequences of the atomic bomb in 1945
angered Stalin and made more suspicious of the west, now he was even more determined to secure a buffer zone around the USSR
when were the three conferences?
Tehran ( 1943 ) Yalta ( 1945 ) Potsdam ( 1945 )
when was NATO formed?
1949
when was the Warsaw pact formed?
1955
when was the Hungarian Uprising?
1956
when was the berlin blockade?
1948
when was the Truman doctrine?
1947
when was the formation of cominform?
1947
when was the berlin wall constructed?
1961
when were the summits?
geneva ( 1959 ) vienna ( 1961 ) camp david ( 1959 )
when was the ‘bay of pigs’?
1963
when was the cuban missile crisis?
1962
