Topic 4 notes Flashcards
Points which caused tension
1
Q
Comitern
A
- 1919
- soviet expansion of communism
2
Q
Hitler
A
- Nazi soviet pact in 1939
- split russia from allies
3
Q
Finland
A
- Soviets invaded Finland
- Nov 1939
- League expels them for their actions
4
Q
Delaying of second front
A
- 1943
- Soviet move inland
- west delays D-day
- Stalin suspicious
5
Q
Tehran
A
- 1943
- Stalin wants to kill 100k Germany soldiers
6
Q
Warsaw uprising
A
- 1944
- Warsaw began to fight back against Nazis
- USSR stopped to allow it to be destroyed
- Weaker nazis weaker poland
7
Q
Percentage deal
A
Oct 1944
8
Q
Yalta
A
February 1945
- reparations 20 billion, 50% to Russia
- Germany + Berlin in 4
- 30% of Poland to USSR
- free elections in Poland
- UN set up with big 5
9
Q
Potsdam Changes
A
July 1945 - August
Changes
Atlee for Churchill
Truman for FDR
Atomic Bomb
10
Q
Berlin Blockade
A
June 1948 - May 1949
11
Q
Potsdam result
A
- denazification
- each to take reperations from their area
- Polish borders moved west + stalin takes 25% German machinery
