Cold War 1 Flashcards
When did Roosevelt die
1945
When did Truman become president
1945
When was the Yalta conference
February 1945
What was decided at Yalta
Germany to be split into four zones
Free elections in Eastern European countries
Germany to pay reparations
Russia would help against japan when Germany was defeated
When was Potsdam
July 1945
What was decided at Potsdam
Disagreements about boundaries, reparations, stalin arresting no communist leaders of Poland, Truman dropping the atomic bomb
How many Russians died during WW2
20 million
By what year were all Eastern European governments ( except yugoslavia) were hard line stalinists
1949
When did stalin set up Comintern
1947
What is Comintern
An alliance of communist countries designed to make sure they obeyed Soviet rule
When did communists immediately take power in Albania
1945
When did communists take power in Bulgaria and how
1945
Coalition was created but communists executed no communists
When did communists take control of East Germany
1945
Later to be called German Democratic Republic in 1949
When did communists take power in romania
1947
When did communists take control of Poland
1947
Stalin invited many non communist leaders to Moscow and arrested 16 of them
