The Grand Alliance, 1941-5 Flashcards
How did WW2 improve relations between the USA and USSR?
This led to a marriage of convenience because they both faced Nazi Germany
What did USA, Russia and GB form to defeat Hitler?
The Grand Alliance
What were some key features of cooperation between the USA and USSR during WW2? 2
All propaganda criticising one another was removed
The US set up the lend-lease scheme in order to help defeat Hitler, where they provided food and military equipment to the USSR
Once Hitler was defeated what did FDR and Stalin have very different views over?
How Europe should be governed
What was the ideal image of Europe for Stalin and FDR after WW2?
FDR - favoured capitalist free trade and parliamentary democracy
Stalin - wanted to remake EE in the image of the USSR
What did the Tehran Conference in 1943 recognise?
The differences between the capitalist West and the communist West