WW2- nationalities impact

Question 1

What alliance made Stalin believe he put Russia in a strong bargaining position?

Answer 1

-Grand alliance with Britain, France, Russia and the USA.

Question 2

What was Stalins main territorial aim after WW2?

Answer 2

Keep frontiers established in Nazi- soviet pact.

Question 3

Which wartime conferences accepted Russia’s gains?

Answer 3

-Tehran conference
-Yalta conference.

Question 4

What did Russia now hold as its claims?

Answer 4

-Ukraine, Poland, Belarus and some of Germany as reperations.

Question 5

What was the most important outcomes from the Yalta and Tehran conferences?

Answer 5

-when pushing back german forces- occupied czechoslovakia, hungary and parts of balkans
-churchill said they could ‘maintain spheres of influence’
-west didn’t like it- communist expansionism

Question 6

What did Winson Churchill say about the Russian spheres of influence following a belief Russia was promoting communism?

Answer 6

‘the iron curtain has decended’

Question 7

What had the war against Japan meant in terms of territoral gain?

Answer 7

-Kurile islands and South Sakhalin
-responsibilty for 24m people.

Question 8

Why did the issue of what to do with post war Germany cause to soviet leadership issues?

Answer 8

-Russia had control over the Eastern zones- suspicion of spying from both sides.
-caused Berlin blockade and wall.

Question 9

What was the Berlin blockade?

Answer 9

-Russia didn’t like new currency in west
-blocked all communication links