war time leaders

Question 1

STALIN

Answer 1

• didn’t trust anyone
• didn’t care about treaties signed or promises made
• 1945 his priority was protecting the USSR from attack
• buffer zones satellite states
  > eastern bloc liberated by red army within soviet sphere of influence
• soviets wanted economically weakened germany

Question 2

ROOSEVELT

Answer 2

• referred to stalin as uncle joe
• better relationship w him, thought he could convince stalin
• lax w stalin
• everyone told him he was naive
• yalta high point of his relationship w stalin
  > convinced churchill for a french second front
• died before potsdam replaced w truman

Question 3

CHURCHILL

Answer 3

• longest relations w stalin
• anti communist but allied w USSR in 1941 after german invasion
• needed resources
• turbulent relations w stalin
• sus of stalin
• IE WARSAW RISING
• soviet imperialism
• percentage agreement carved out europe into spheres of influence
• yalta relations improved w stalin bc seemed compromise willing

Question 4

TRUMAN

Answer 4

• hardline approach to stalin
• USA defender of liberties
• USSR a russian pervert godless system bc atheism
• atomic bomb @ their disposal didn’t need USSR for japan anymore
• feared soviet expansionism
• convinced stalin would only respond to force
• CONTAINMENT policy
• said stalin can’t be appeased or negotiated w

Question 5

CLEMENT ATLEE

Answer 5

• more sympathetic than churchill
• still worried stalin could not be trusted
• brit crippled by war
• labour party won 1945
  > stalin said weakness of capitalist gov bc replaced halfway in the potsdam
• aware of USSR’s expansionist views