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| Question | Answer |
| Tehran Leaders- 1943 | Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill |
| Tehran Agreements | - Open a second front in France - USSR to join war against Japan once Germany were defeated -UN to be created |
| Tehran Disagreements | - Delay in opening a second front meaning Russians suffer for longer - How independent Poland would be from the USSR |
| Tehran Relations | - Ok, agree on similar aims - Some suspicion |
| Yalta Leaders- Feb 1945 | Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill |
| Yalta Agreements | - Division of berlin into 4 - Ban Nazi party - Free elections in Europe - E. Europe to be a Soviet sphere of influence (same as Tehran) |
| Yalta Disagreements | - How much Germany should pay in reps (USSR more than USA) - Polish border & government (Stalin friendly government for security)- further West than East |
| Yalta Relations | - Ok disagreements rising |
| Potsdam Leaders- Aug 1945 | -Stalin, Attlee, Truman |
| Potsdam Agreements | - Divide Berlin & Germany - Demilitarise Germany - Re-establish democracy in Germany - How to pay reps |
| Potsdam Disagreements | - What to do with Germany - Truman wanted a strong Germany - Free elections in E. Europe |
| Potsdam Relations | - Worsened, lots of disagreements - All suspicious of each other |
| Cominform- 1947 | - Gave USSR control on political decisions - All countries join except Yugoslavia |
| Truman Doctrine- 1947 | - USA will provide economic & military aid to countries threatened by communism - USA to help in Greek Civil War - Rivalry increased - World was divided |
| Marshall Plan- 1947 | - Gave loans to non-communist countries - Help stop the spread of communism - Back up plan of containment - Europe divides more |
| NATO- 1949 | - Military alliance which contained most countries in W. Europe |
| Comecon- 1949 | - Direct response to Marshall Plan - Gave USSR control on economic decisions - Told countries what to produce |
| Berlin Blockade- 1949 LONG TERM CAUSES | - USSR & US had different ideas on what to do with Germany - Berlin in East- Stalin thought that it could be used for spying |
| Belin Blockade- 1949 SHORT TERM CAUSES | - Jan 1948, UK & US merged zones- Bizonia - March 1948, USSR reps walked out of the allied control commission - April 1948, allied zones included in Marshall Plan - June 1948, allied powers announced decision to create a W. Germany with new currency |
| Belin Blockade- 1949 EVENT | - Stalin blocked all routes to West Berlin - Aim to get W. Powers out - US and allies airlift supplies in |
| Belin Blockade- 1949 CONSEQUENCES | - Stalin gave up - NATO created- prevent USSR expansion - Divisions between E. & W. Berlin confirmed - US, UK & France created German Republic - USSR created German Democratic Republic |
| Warsaw Pact- 1955 | - Military alliance of 8 nations headed by the USSR |
| Hungarian Uprising- 1956 CAUSES | - USSR had invaded Hungary at the end of the war, helping to install a communist government- Rakosi - Rakosi ruled as a brutal dictatorship - Imprisoned 200,000 political leaders - Killed 2000 of them - Allowed them to control Hungary's economy through comecon - Hungary couldn't trade with the West, leading to a poor standard of living and shortage of goods |
| Hungarian Uprising- 1956 EVENT | - Huge demonstrations forced Rakosi out, Nagy took over - Tried to introduces changes like free elections & withdrawing Hungary from the Warsaw Pact - Krushchev didn't like this- sent 20,000 troops & 6000 tanks to invade to put a stop to the uprising |
| Hungarian Uprising- 1956 CONSEQUENCES | - 20-30,000 Hungarians killed & 200,000 fled - Nagy replaced by Kadar who eventually had Nagy executed - USSR sent out warnings to other satellite states - West were horrified & became more determined to contain communism |
| Arms Race- 1956 | - Both developing more nuclear weapons - Competing with each other - Increase tension - USA dropped a bomb in 1945 on Japan |
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