the era of the iron curtain tehran yalta potsdam Flashcards
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Yalta:
essential info
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February 1945 Roosevelt felt he could work with Stalin Germany not yet defeated USSR had military advantage in Eastern Europe topics discussed: germany reparations poland eastern europe the un war with japan declaration of liberated europe
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Yalta
Germany
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split up into four between usa ussr gb and france
hunt down nazi war criminals and put them to trial
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Yalta
reparations
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Stalin asked for 10 billion over 10 years including factories, communications equioment. The allies refuse and a committee is set up to decide how much Germany should pay
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Yalta
Poland
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Borders to be moved West for a buffer zone and sphere of influence for ussr. they needed poland for protection.
Churchill was not happy but he agreed because he didnt want stalin interfering with greece
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Yalta
other
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there were free elections – eastern europe
a soviet sphere of influence – eastern europe
ussr agreed to enter war with japan after germany had surrendered
all three agreed to join the UN
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Potsdam essential info
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July 1945 Truman (didnt trust stalin) germany defeated ussr knows about us atomic bomb topics discussed: germany reparations poland eastern europe war with japan
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Po
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