international diplomacy Flashcards

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What conflicts did Churchill believe that Britain had to defend itself from

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A conflict between deocracy,freedom,
civillized and christian values and the darkeness of Nazism

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When was the Lend-lease act made?

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1941

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What did the lend lease act involve?

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a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed “vital to the defence of the United States.”

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Why did Britain get the lower deal, in regards to American support

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=The destroyers, provided by the USA, were obsolete
=British gold reserves were taken as security for the lend-lease
=USA made large profits from the supply of arms

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When and where was the first meeting between Churchill and Roosevelt?

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-1941
-Placentia Bay

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What was discussed at the first meeting?

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The atlantic charter, common principles, prevents.
This included the restoration of self-government, free trade and access to raw materials, international cooperation for improved living standards, freedom of the seas

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What were the American concerns about supporting Britain?

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-Britian was dispersing their forces into North Africa, therefore were less effcetive
-British Empire stood in the way of free trade
-Roosevelt disagreed with the empire and deemed it to be morally wrong

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What was Churchills view on the Atlantic Charter

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Britain was not forced to make any kind of commitment about ending the empire, therfore Churchill believed that the charter was futile

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What was the operation that was discussed at the meeting in june 1942 in New york and washington?

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operation sledgehammer

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What was operation Sledgehammer?

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Proposed invasion of France in 942,in order to divert pressure off the soviet union

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What was discussed at the 1944 meeting in Quebec between churchill and Roosevelt?

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the USA were not worride about soviet expanison, whereas this was one of Churchillls biggest fears
Churchill also recieved no commitment for post war financial assistance

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What issues encouraged a positive relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt?

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Japanese Invasion of Pearl Harbour
Roosevelts early support of Churchills mediteranian starategy

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what issues encouraged a Negative relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt?

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  • the slow progress in Italy angered Roosevelt
    -The concept that Britain needed to be sideleined for stalin
    -meeting in Tehran and Quebec, Roosevelt refused to meet Churchill privatetly
    -Roosevelt wanted decolonistation
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What encouraged a positive realtionship between Stalin and Churchill

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  • Britian desperately needed the help of Stalin in order to defeat Japan
    -Both believed in Empire and Empire rule
    -British forces were not overruled by russian forced in the same way they were by the American forces
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What issues created Tension between Stalin and Churchill

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-stalins belief in russian commiunism
-They clashed over the second front as Stallin viewed this as a very important matter

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What issues caused a negative realtionship between churchill and De gaulle

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  • De Gaulle was uncompromising, and uncoperative, he also disliked Americans
    -He demonstrated no obligation to Britain even though he soley relied upon British help and support
  • He refused to work with former Vichy leaders
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What did Churchill believe about relations with the USA

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that there was a special relationship between the two countries and that tbey shared a culture and values

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What did Chruchill view Britain as the centre of?

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International affairs,believed thst Britain were a key promoter of western morale and democratic values

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What did Churchill want to do with the self - governing white colonies within the empire

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Maintain close coperation,

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What did churchill refuse to provide the non-white colonies with

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self government

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What did Churchill speak in favour of in terms of Europe

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Reducing trade barriers,and promoting greater european economic co-operation

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What did Churchill agree with the establishment of in 1949?

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The establishment of the council of Europe

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How did churchill view britains role in terms of Europe?

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Churchill saw Britain as having a major role in a ore united and peaceful europe

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What was the Atlantic Charter?

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it confirmed that Britain and Usa did not want territorial gains,that all people should be able to choose the form of government they live under,and that there would be equal access to trade and raw materials.
Commitements to peace and disarmamanet

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When was the Tehran confernece
1943
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How much asssitance did the led lease act provide Britian with?
$31.6 billion worth of assistance going to Britain by 1945.
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Waht were the exmaples of positive realtions between Britian and USA, as USA join the war
- USA support med strategy and europre first -Beginning in 1942, over a million US troops came to Britain before being shipped to Europe. -casablanca roosevelt accepts the british startegy fro invading italy
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What caused tensions between USA and Britian
-Roosevelt disliked British backing of De Gaulle, he preffered working with a higher ranking officer such as Giraud -The USA were persitent in gaining a date for the invasion of northern frnace -Favoured Stalin
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What was discussed at the 1943 Tehran confernece
First meeting of the big three,final strategy for the war, invasion of france
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Why did the meeting at Tehran create tensions between churchill and roosevelt
- Roosevelt met with the chinese leader, Jain Jeshi without Churchills knowledge and refused to meet churchill privately -descion to abandon Europe first -churchills ideas about turkey and the balkan front were rejected
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What did the 'Spheres of Influence' that churchill was fighting for include?
A more significant power could dominate a region or country but not necessarily rile directly
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What were Churchills actions in Vichy France
- Churchill was worried about a french fleet falling into the hands of germnay, therfore in july 1940, Chiurchill was responsibe for the sinking of a french f;eet which resulted in the killing over a thousand french soilders
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When was the Yalta confernce
feb 1945
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What was Churchills role at the Yalta conference
-Britian was largely powerless,russian forces had invaded europe -accepted russain demands for revising the frontiers of Poland
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When was the Casablanca conference?
jan 1943
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What was discussed at the casablanca confernce?
italian campaign,plans to unify fench leadership
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When was Churchills iron Curtain speech? What was it also known as?
March 5, 1946 sinews of peace
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What was the significance of Churchills iron curtain speech?
It helped solidify the "special relationship" between the United States and Great Britain. The speech also served as a warning about the spread of communism and the perceived Soviet threat