things u gotta know Flashcards
Yalta Conference
(Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt)
- Agreed to divide Germany into 4 zones used by USSR, G.B, FRANCE, U.S.A
- Stalin promised to give Eastern Europe countries free elections after the war
United Nations
made June 1945 (United Peacekeeping Organization) replaced League of Nations.
USSR Post war goals (after WW2)
- Shield itself from possible invasion from the west
2. Spread communism
USA Post War goals (after WW2)
- Spread democracy
2. Rebuild Europe
Potsdam Conference
July 1945.
1. Stalin said he was not gonna allow free elections in Eastern Europe!
2. He said communism and democracy can’t live in same world
(COLD WAR STARTS)
What did USSR not do that the other allies did? (1948)
USSR did not give back its piece of Germany but the other countries did
2 German States
- Federal Republic of Germany. West Germany
2. German Democratic Republic- East Germany
Cold War Definition
Struggle to see if the political ideas of Democracy or Communism would rule the world