Cold war beginning Flashcards
What is a satellite nation?
A independent nation that was once controlled by anther, and is greatly influenced by another this was commonly the USSR.
What was the grand alliance?
The alliance between Britain, the USA and the USSR.
What did Churchill and Roosevelt want to happen after world war 2?
- Germany to recover economically
- protect democracy
- USSR to not control Eastern European states.
What did Stalin want to happen at the end of world war 2?
- To create a buffer zone around the USSR
- Germany to pay reparations
- Protect the interest of the USSR.
Because of the treaty of Yalta what happened to war with Japan?
Stalin would help the USA defeat Japan once Hitler had been defeated.
How many sections would Germany be divided into?
4.
What would be set up to keep the peace?
The UN.
What system would Eastern European nations use?
Capitalism.
What system did Britain want Poland to have, and who did Churchill support?
Capitalism and the London poles who were non-communist.
What system did Stalin want Poland to have?
Communism.
At Potsdam what did all the nations agree on?
That Germany would be split up into 4. As well as Berlin being split into 4.
What did the USSR want to happen after the war in Potsdam?
Germany to pay reparations, the red army to remain in Eastern European countries, and Eastern European governments to be pro-communist .
What did the UK and USA want to happen after the war in Potsdam?
Germany to recover economically.
What did the UK, USA and USSR primarily disagree at Potsdam?
The borders of Poland.
What countries were satellite states of the USSR?
Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, East Germany and Romania.
