Chapter 1 - Cold War

Question 1

Why was there tension between the grand alliance between 1939 and 1941?

Answer 1

Stalin was not trusted because of the non-aggression pact he signed with Hitler
Stalin believed the west was appeasing Hitler

Question 2

Why was there tensions between the grand alliance up to the end of 1944?

Answer 2

Stalin frustrated at the West and wanted to know what his allies were thinking and Stalin asked for a second front to relieve pressure of the Soviet Union.
Concerns over the future of Poland as the Soviets wanted it to be annexed

Question 3

Impact of war on the USA?

Answer 3

500,000 dead
Became prosperous after the war and there was an economic boom

Question 4

Impact of war on the Soviet Union?

Answer 4

Attacked from the west 3 times in the 20th century
27 million dead
Economy was destroyed
Wanted to ensure that the gate way via Poland was destroyed

Question 5

When was the Yalta Conference and what was it?

Answer 5

February 1945
Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin
Germany divided into 4 zones
UN would be ratified
Poland’s borders move west with the USSR getting a bit of Eastern Poland
A declaration of liberated Europe should be created

Question 6

When was the Potsdam Conference and what was agreed?

Answer 6

July - August 1945
Atlee, Truman, Stalin
Germany would be demilitarized, de-nazified and disarmed
freedom of speech and free press
USSR gets reparations from its zones and 25% from Western zones
Germany to become a single economic unit

Question 7

Why did America use Atomic diplomacy?

Answer 7

To show they were the big guys and were a global superpower

Question 8

What word did Stalin used to describe his taking of Eastern European countries?

Answer 8

Security