Communism Flashcards
What happened in yalta conference
Germany split into 4 which were britain, usa, ussr and france.
Poland was to have free elections.
Eastren countries were to have free elections.
Eastern europe was to be seen as the soviet sphere of influence
Ussr to join the war against japan three months after germanys defeat
What were the tensions that arose from yalta
The western allies were concerned because the ussr wanted poland’s western frontier moved into germany and have the german population removed.
Disagreed over how much should germany pay, stalin wanted more then the west had wanted
What happened in potsdam conference
Nazi party leaders were tried as war criminals.
Germans living in poland, hungary and czechoslovakia were to return to germany.
Polands western boundary was to be along a line created by oder
What tensions arose from potsdam
The west was suspicious of ussr intentions in eastern europe, in march polish leaders were imprisoned in moscow and the communists ruled the govtnment.
Far more germans were expelled then the west wanted.
Truman did not tell stalin about the bombs in hiroshima and nagasaki.
Truman was very suspicious of stalins motives, they had the largest army in the world and stalin refused to cut down his forces, they were also trying to set up their own atomic bomb.
What was the iron curtain soeech about
Winston churchill warning about the ussr expansion over europe.
The iron curtian supposed ro represent the communists trying to seperate from the capitalists
What is the truman doctrine
The us giving a economic aid package to turkey and grece, which was 400 million, they also sent military and american civilians, he also talked about how capitalism is better then communism and how its like choosing between good or evil
What was the marshall plan
It was essencially helping war torn countries economically to stop the spread of communism between 1948 and 1952, the usa gave 12.7 billion dollars in aid and an additional 13 billion already before the plan was in place
What was comecon
Stalin wanted the satellite states to not be influenced by the usa and to not accept marshall aid and to keepthem in control so he created comecon and established it in 25 january 1949, the members were bulgaria, czechoslovakia, hungary, poland, romania and east germany. Albania joined the following year, itw as basically the opposite of the marshall plan and supported the countries in it
What is comiform
Its basically was a political orginisation and it was et up on stalins orders in 22 september 1947, it had bulgaria, czechoslovakia, hungary, poland, romania, yugoslavia, france and italy, it gave a new way for stalin of directing and controlling the governments of these countrys, he made sure they followed only communism and followed moscow.
What was the cuban missile crisison
On 14 october 1962 an american spy plane took pictures of what seemed as launch pads for medium range ballistic missiles, which could carry niclear bombs which were capable of destroying many is cities, american intelligen told then president JFK that a fleet of soviet ships were going to cuba, pressumably carrying missiles
How did the usa respond to the cuban missile crisis
Since cuba is right under the usa and very close to it aswell, kennedy took thirteen days with the exscutive committee they decided to do a blockade around cuba so the missiles dont get there and schockingly the ships actually started to go back
Why would gorbachev take a risk like this in the cuban misile crisis
Well it seems the reason for why gorbachev was sending atomic warheads ro cuba was because the us had missiles in turkey which is under the ussr and they agreed to remove them and to also not invade
What were the consequences of the cuban missile crisis
It showed to the world what a nuclear war might be, a hotline was made between washington and moscow, the test babtreaty was made to stop nuclear testing in outer space and under water,this was a step to control niclear weapons, the space treaty was used to stop military attacks from space, and finally the nuclear non prolifiration treaty was signed to stop teh spread of nuckear weapons, countries that signed agreed not to share their nuclear technology
What was the berlin wall
Because east berlin grmans decided ro cross the west more since the west had democracy and capitalism while the west was communist so they build a wall so the east and the west would be seperate
What were the impacts of the berlin wall
It cut through streets, people tried to escape, many people died from this, over 130 people were killed,trade between the two were stopped, it was essencially what churchill said in his iron curtain speech, it was a literal iron curtain, while the west enjoyed democratic governemnt and market, the east suffered commusism, secret spies that would arrest anyone that opposed the communist views
