The End Of The Grand Alliance

Question 1

What did Stalin want for Germany

Answer 1

Communist democracy
Only communism represented the workers

Question 2

What did the Soviet Union promise to do but didn’t do for Poland

Answer 2

Gov was meant to have multiple political parties but it acc had only communist parties

Question 3

When did the grand alliance come to an end

Answer 3

When Germany was defeated 1945

Question 4

Who was the key figure in holding the grand alliance together and why

Answer 4

Roosevelt
Believed US and SU could work together after war through UN
However Truman suspicious of SU= tension

Question 5

Who dropped atomic bombs on Japan and when and how did this benefit them

Answer 5

USA
August 1945
Gave huge military advantage

Question 6

When did Roosevelt

Answer 6

April 1945

Question 7

Why did Truman not trust Stalin and what did he think he could use to push Stalin around

Answer 7

Stalin broke Poland promises
Atomic bomb

Question 8

Why did the Cold War become mainly about the two superpowers

Answer 8

Britain economically collapsed
Unable to stand up to SU by itself so become only an ally to USA