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History- The Cold War

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By: Phoebe Witten
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1) Origins of the Cold War to 1945
The origins of the Cold War to 1945 - The situation in 1941, Capitalism and Communism and general attitudes in East and West - wartime tensions in the Grand Alliance - conferences: tensions and difficulties at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam - the ‘liberation of Europe in the East and West’ - relations between Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt (and later Truman and Attlee).
43  cards
2) The development of the Cold War 1946-1955
- ‘Iron Curtain’ speech - Soviet control of Eastern Europe: including Baltic States, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia - the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid - Cominform and Comecon; conflicts over Germany including the Berlin blockade and airlift; creation of West and East Germany - NATO - the Warsaw Pact - atomic weapons.
35  cards
3) The Cold War 1956-84
What were the issues concerning g...,
How did the ussr respond to the r...,
When was west germany admitted to...
4  cards
The end of the Cold War 1984-1995
What were the weaknesses of the u...,
Describe the brezhnev s decline a...,
What were andropov s aims
5  cards

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