The Satellite States Flashcards
What is a Satellite State?
A country under the increasing influence of a superpower (USSR) and there agenda is also set by the USSR.
What was step 1 of the Satellite States control steps?
The warsaw uprising
What happen at the warsaw uprising?
The USSR conveniently waited until the Nazis had crushed polish protests to help warsaw.
What did the crushing of the Polish protests ensure and eventually lead to?
It ensured that there was no independent Polish government and eventually led to a communist leader being brought in to Warsaw.
What was step 2 of the Satellite control steps? What were there no more of in these countries?
USSR secured control over Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. No more free and fair elections.
What was step 3 of the Satellite control steps?
A coup in czechoslovakia
What was the coup in czechoslovakia and who was set up as a result?
It was an attempt to restore the long lasting democracy after WWII. Puppet leader “Klement Gottwald” was installed
Who gave the iron curtain speech?
President Winston Churchill
What did the iron curtain speech say?
There was a divide between a free “Western” Europe and an “Eastern” Europe ruled by the “tyranny” of communism was forming
What does tyranny mean?
A cruel and oppressive government or rule
What was the importance of the Satellite States?
They led to Raised tensions/increased suspicion, Warnings issued by either sides and shaped the policy of the cold war.
Who sent the Long telegram?
George Kennan
What did the Long telegram say?
It accused the Soviets of being aggressive and expansionists like the Nazis had been.
What did the Long telegram influence the creation of?
The containment policy
Who sent the Novikov telegram?
Nikolai Novikov
