the liberation of eastern and western europe 1943- 1945 Flashcards
what did the british government want to see in poland after the german’s were defeated?
a democratic system
what did stalin what to happen in poland?
after the red army defeated the germans they would establish a communist dictatorship there
where did britian and france agree the soviets would take?but what did the soviets do?
eastern poland up to the curzon line although in 1944 soviet troops had crossed the line and moved into western poland.
in what year did the soviets recongnise the communist dominated committe for national liberation?
1945
when did the USSR launch an attack on romania and why?
in 1944 because they were determined to re-annex Bessarabia and northern bushovia which had being occupied in 1940
what did britian and the USA tactical accept Romania as and what was created, and who was it dominated by??
soviet sphere of influence, an ACC and it was dominated by soviet officals which established a communist government
what did the occupation of romania allow the soviets to do and when?
invade Bulgaria in september 1944 and establish an ACC in october
what did the red army’s arrival strengthen in bulgaria ? and what did it almost cause? but what did stalin do?
the local communist there, which almost caused a communist revolution although stalin stopped it because he did not want to antagonis his western allies
when was mossolini overthrown? and when did the allies conqure nothern italy?
in 1943 and the allies conqured northern italy in 1945
what was italy the first to do?
the first axis state to sign an armistice
what did the way italy was administrated do? and what happened to all soviet requests to be involeved?what did this cause?
set important presedents for the future, they were rejected by britain and the USA, this gave stalin an excuse to exclude them from eastern europe
when did the soviet troops join with partison to invade yugoslavia?
in october 1944
what did tito do with that partison army?
waged war againist non-communist leading to a communist take over in 1945
what did tito encourage in greece? but what did stalin do?
a commnuist revolt in dec 1944 but stalin urged them to form a coalition and allowed the british troops to stop them as he saw greece as british sphere of influence
what did the agreement at tehran do?
ensured hungary’s fate
when did the societ army reach hungary?
in 1944
what was stalin’s immedaite aim in hungary?
to collect anything that can be claimed as reparation
what did stalin do in czehchalovakia? and when
stalin annexing the eatern part of the contry in autum 1944 and more later on. tjis shifted the power balance to the communist party
when did the socviet troops invade finland ? and what were they granted? which allowed what?
in the summer of 1944, they were granted an armistice wereby they had to pay reparations and give a small part of there land but were allowed considerable degree of freedom
when was paris liberated and what did they do instantly?why?
in 1944 and establised an independent government, to reduce the prodomince of the anglo-americans
when was a french soviet alliance signed?
dec 1944
why did the french communist party have a major rule in french politics?
due to the prodominate role they played in fighting the resistance
