The Grand Alliance, Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam conferences and dropping the bomb, the two telegrams and the iron curtain speech

Question 1

background info

Answer 1

towards the end of ww2 the 3 main allies Britain America and soviet unions held 3 meeting to decide the consequences of the war and what should happen to Germany

Question 2

what were the 3 main conferences

Answer 2

tehran
yalta
postdam

Question 3

when was the Tehran conference

Answer 3

1943

Question 4

which leaders were present and Tehran

Answer 4

Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill

Question 5

land consequences of Tehran

Answer 5

• agreed that Russia could keep land in Eastern Europe, including Poland making Germany as weak as possible
• this was very good for Russia as it meant it would again lots of land in the east

Question 6

military consequences of Tehran

Answer 6

usa and Britain would launch a 2nd attack on Germany so the German army would have to reduce its troops in the east against Russia to fight in the west
-giving Russia another chance to take land away from Germany

Question 7

International relations consequences of Tehran

Answer 7

agreed that an International organisation should be created to settle arguments between counties use disscusions rather than war

Question 8

negatives of Tehran conference

Answer 8

Russia seemed to be getting everything it wanted and britain feared it would loose its power and influence in the world after the struggles with war

Question 9

positives of Tehran conference

Answer 9

• it improved relations between Britain USA and Russia by giving Russia everything it wanted
• Tehran conference was held near soviet union so this also improved relations as it showed a trusting relationship between them

Question 10

what did the Tehran conference eventually lead to?

Answer 10

the creation of the united nations

Question 11

which of the three leaders did the Yalta conference have

Answer 11

stalin
Churchill
roosevelt

Question 12

What happened during the tower of Yalta

Answer 12

Russia had defeated Germany and now had controls over eastern europe
Stalin want to keep this land after the war Germany is very close to defeat Stalin want to keep this land after the war Germany is very close to defeat

Question 13

Political consequences of Yalta

Answer 13

Churchill felt isolated after Stalin and Roosevelt got on well and made lots of agreements and made lots of agreements

Question 14

Economic consequence of Yalta

Answer 14

Germany should pay 20 million in reparations and half would go to the soviet union

Question 15

International relations consequence

Answer 15

they agreed to join the United Nations which organisation created to maintain peace

Question 16

Why was the Yalta conference is important

Answer 16

Disagreement on what to do Germany showed some problems with the relationship between East and the West
It proved that Stalin was wanting more land also proving that Stalin could not have everything he wanted also

Question 17

Who attended the Potsdam conference

Answer 17

Stalin
Truman
Atlee

Question 18

Territorial consequences of the Potsdam conference

Answer 18

The Soviets troops had defeated Germany and not taking away their troops had defeated Germany and not taking away their troops from Eastern Europe

Question 19

Political consequences

Answer 19

Communist government set up in Poland

Winston Churchill was replaced by Atlee

Question 20

Military consequences

Answer 20

Stalin refused IMA demilitarise his Soviet Army at the time when the West reduced their army

Question 21

International relationship consequence

Answer 21

After Roosevelts death Truman was the new president but Stalin did not trust him
The United Nations has now been created

Question 22

Technological consequence

Answer 22

The Americans are tested another atomic bomb and the USSR was upset as they didn’t know
He felt left out an isolated

Question 23

Military agreements at Potsdam

Answer 23

Germany will be demilitarised (all German troops removed)

Question 24

Territory agreements made at Potsdam

Answer 24

Germany and Berlin would be divided into four zones discussed at the conference

Question 25

Social and political agreements made in Potsdam

Answer 25

Democracy will be brought back to Germany is no longer dictatorship

Question 26

Economic agreements at Potsdam

Answer 26

germany would pay reparations (most would go to the Soviet Union as they suffered most in the war)

Question 27

Importance of the Potsdam conference

Answer 27

Disagreement and lack of experience

Clear difference between capitalism and communism

Question 28

A summary of the grand Alliance meetings

Answer 28

The grand Alliance United when trying to defeat Nazi Germany but after this many different beliefs started to show
There were many issues they could not agree on
The two new leaders would not let darling everything he wantedThe two new leaders would not let Stalin get everything he wanted

Question 29

how did the dropping of the atomic bomb make the relationship between the USA and Russia worse

Answer 29

The USA Believe it made them stronger but Russia felt that the USA were a greater danger the world and Russia

Stalin responded by taking control of More land in Eastern Europe between Germany and Russia as a buffer zone for their own protection for their own protection

The Russians hoped to show the USA that they could build their own nuclear weapons

This began to start the arms race

Question 30

Who wrote the long Telegraph from Russia

Answer 30

George Kennan

Question 31

What happened with a long Telegraph

Answer 31

He works with the diplomat of America in Moscow he sent a detailed telegram about what the Russian attitude was to America
He believes Stalin wanted see the destruction of capitalism
Kennan believe that Russia would back down if faced with a with a strong response from the USA

Question 32

Why was long telegram important

Answer 32

America will continue to act strongly towards Russia and carry out a policy called containment
This means that America wanted to stop the spread of communism and containing the Soviet Union only

Question 33

What was the Novikov telegram from the USA

Answer 33

The telegram sent by a Russian diplomat who worked in America shows that the Americans also did not trust the Russians
it told the Russians and Americans wanted to use their massive military to dominate the world and would not be frightened of war

Question 34

what did the novikov telegram lead to

Answer 34

The Russians believing that they needed to occupy as much land in Eastern Europe is possible to protect themselves against attack if it came

Question 35

When was Winston Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech

Answer 35

1946

Question 36

Background information about the iron curtain speech

Answer 36

Winston Churchill was no longer prime minister but still had great respect and influence
On a visit to the USA he gave a speech which is was the Iron Curtain speech
Churchill started the Iron Curtain descended across Europe and behind the Iron Curtain there were states cont controlled by Moscow

Question 37

Consequences of the Iron Curtain speech

Answer 37

It was the same year as the telegram so caused lots of tension as a Churchill meant Russia was a threat also showing the Americans agreed
Russian but communist government had been set up
Russian but communist government had been set up In hungry and Poland he saw this as a huge treat to the rest of Europe

Question 38

What is a satellite state

Answer 38

A country whose government has been taken over and control by another country/government