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Question 1
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In the Teheran Conference in 1943, what did the three leaders discuss as a matter of greatest importance?
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Military Strategies - Idea of opening up a 2nd front by the British and Americans which had been promised in Spring 1942 but had not happened. The agreements was made they would open this front in the Spring of 1944.
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Post War Europe - what should happen to Germany
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USSR to declare was on Japan once Germany had been defeated
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Idea of UN organisations to promote peace and security
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USSR boders with poland to be moved to be along the Oder and Neisse Rivers after the war
Question 2
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When was Potsdam and what were the four D's the agreed to follow when dealing with Germany?
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February 1945 - Democratise, Demoralise, Divide, Demilitarise
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July 1945 - Demoralise, Denazify, Down-size, Divide
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July 1945 - Democratise, Demilitarise, Divide, Denazify
Question 3
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Soviet Control of Eastern Europe was in order to prevent further invasion by making a Soviet Sphere of Influence.
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- True
- False
Question 4
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What event caused the Truman Doctrine to be created in 1947 and what followed soon after?
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the Truman Doctrine was created because Harry Truman had had a fight with Stalin against Communism and so introduced this Doctrine to retaliate against him. The Marshall Plan followed.
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The Truman Doctrine was created because US had had to step in to the civil war between communists and royalists in Greece and so as a result the USA agreed to provide assistance to any country that was going to be subjected by an armed minority (a.k.a. communism). The Marshall Plan then followed.
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There was political division across Europe and after Churchill's speech saying that an Iron Curtain had fallen across Europe in 1946, Truman felt it was the right time to take a further stand against Stalin. The Hungarian Uprising followed.
Question 5
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Pick three long term causes of the Berlin Blockade and Airlift 1948-1949.
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Currency Reform in Germany
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Berlin was a listening post for West
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Creation of Trizonia 1917
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General Lucius Clay led West in decision to keep Western sectors under control
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Marshall Plan - West Germany was the showcase of Capitalism
Question 6
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What was the response in 1949 to the Berlin Blockade and what was it's aim?
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Warsaw Pact - Military alliance for Soviet Controlled countries to protect E.Europe and USSR from Western advances
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Helsinki Agreement - Security, Cooperation and Human Rights
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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) - To keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down.
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