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Reasons For The Cold War (Section 1)

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Who did the Grand Alliance fight together in WW2? Germany
Who were the three leaders of the Grand Alliance after WW2? Roosevelt (USA), Churchill (England) and Stalin (Russia)
Why was Stalin so desperate to get to Berlin before the Americans towards the end of WW2? The Soviet Union were very suspicious of the USA (and vice versa) and he wanted to gain control of important military sites
What were the two opposing ideologies that caused tension between the USA and Russia? Capitalism (USA) and Communism (Russia)
What did the Bolsheviks do that caused tension between the Allies and Russia? Made peace with Germany so they could fight a civil war
What did the West do in 1938 with Hitler that infuriated Stalin? Agreed to let Hitler take over parts of Czechoslovakia without asking for Stalin's opinion
What was signed between Hitler and Russia that meant they would split Poland between them? The Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1939
What did Britain and USA do that Stalin believed to be an attempt to weaken Russia? Delayed opening a second front until 1944, which would have taken pressure off Russia
What did the USA and Russia both want to do with their ideologies after WW2? Introduce them in Europe
When was the Tehran Conference? November, 1943
When was the Yalta Conference? February, 1945
When was the Potsdam Conference? July-August, 1945
What was the order of the conferences? Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam
What did the Big Three decide at Tehran was to happen to Germany? It should remain weak after the war and Poland should receive some German land
What did the Big Three decide at Tehran regarding Japan? That the Soviet Union would help the USA fight Japan after war in Europe was over
What did the USA and Britain agree to do at Tehran? Open a second front on Germany
What agreement regarding post-war Germany was made at Yalta? It would be divided into four zones and made to pay $20 billion in reparations
What was agreed to be made at the Yalta Conference? The United Nations
What agreement was made regarding the German economy at Potsdam? It would be run as a whole, despite the country being divided into zones
Who were the 3 leaders at Potsdam? Truman, Attlee and Stalin
At Potsdam, who wanted Germany to pay heavy reparations and who wasn't too keen on this idea? Stalin wanted heavy reparations, Truman wasn't keen
Why did Stalin want to control Eastern Europe? To protect the Soviet Union
Why did Truman think Stalin wanted control of Eastern Europe? To spread communism
What did the USA hope their atomic bomb would do in their negotiations with Stalin? Use it as leverage to persuade Stalin to relinquish control of Eastern European countries
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