Week 12 Flashcards
What telegram warns the west of the USSRs intentions?
Kennan’s long telegram
What were the 3 big conferences in ww2
- Casablanca/Tehran
- Potsdam
- Yalta
At which conference did Stalin bug Churchill and Roosevelt’s hotel room?
Yalta
What was Churchill’s post ww2 advice?
Kill the Bolshy, Kiss the Hun
What is seen as the first event of the cold war?
Russian Revolution
Which Treaty ended the Franco-Prussian war?
Treaty of Frankfurt
At which battle does Napoleon III surrender to the Prussians?
Sedan
How does Bismarck make the French seem as though France was the agressor?
- Bismark says if you dont intervene against us in the Prusso-Austrian war, he’ll give Napoleon Luxembourg and Belgium
- So, France moves into Belgium (British get pissed off)
- France moves into Rome (assuming France is allied with Prussia)(Austrians get pissed off)
- This is how Bismark makes everyone hate the French
What were the terms of the Treaty of Frankfurt?
- German Confederation officialized
- Germany gets Alsace/Lorraine
- French pay massive war reparation funds to Germany (not Prussia)
- France had to recognize the Republic of Germany
- Prussian troops will occupy parts of France at the French expense until the war debt is payed off (2 years to pay it off)
- France’s 3rd republic is formed and recognized by Germany
Where is the Treaty of Frankfurt signed?
Versailles
In what year does the United States officially recognize the USSR?
1934
What was the German liberal slogan?
Freedom to Read vs Freedom to Feed