Origins of the Cold War Flashcards
outline causes of war time tension (3)
conferences
US tactics - delay 2nd front till 44
USSR tactics; Finnish & Polish invasion, liberation of EE
What are the wartime conferences; what happened?
Percentages agreement; no US
Casablanca & Atalantic charter; no USSR
Tehran; acknowledge sphere of influence, German strategy
key points in ideological conflict timeline
Wilsons 14 point; 1918
Civil war; 1918
Purges; 1934
Riga axioms
key points from Potsdam
Oder Neisse
4 power control of De
4 Ds
sumary of Stalin, Roosevellts & Churchill’s keey priorities/instinct
Stalin = paranoia Roosevelt = compromise Churchill = colonialism
When did Truman replace Roosevelt?
attitude?
1945
aggressive - avoid being seen as soft bc of Roosevelt & assert authority bc of inexperience
When did Attlee replace Churchill?
attitude?
1945
tension w Stalin; labour vs comm
long term impacts?
Ideological divide; conflict, conferences & nuclear
short term impact?
Refugee crisis - Oder Neisse → Bizonia
Instability; Potsdam protocol