Who was president of the US in 1945?
Franklin D Roosevelt
Who succeeded Roosevelt in 1945?
Harry Trueman
who was the leader of Russia in 1945?
Joseph Stalin
What is a Cold War?
A Cold War is when the two sides military’s never enter into face to face conflict. War is never officially declared either
List of causes of the Cold War?
- Stalin refused to join the United Nations
- Stalin was angry at Britain and America for delaying D-Day
- At the Tehran conference Stalin and Churchill clashed over how much control Stalin should have over the conflict in Eastern Europe
What do Communists believe?
They believe that everyone should be equal and everything produced should be split equally from food produced to money
The US is a ‘Capitalist Democracy’ what does this mean?
This means individual freedom
What are two historical complaints Stalin had against the US Britain?
- Not opening up a second front against the Nazi’s
2. Delaying D-Day
What were some things that were agreed at the Yalta Conference?
- They agreed that Germany would be decriminalised
- That Germany would have to pay reparations
- The Nazi Party would be banned and War Criminals tried in front of an international criminal court
Who was the Prime Minister in Britain in 1945?
Winston Churchill and Clement Atlee
