The seeds of conflict 1917-44
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- seeds of conflict 1917-44
- the cold war emerged out of the ashes of the second world war.
- defeat of Nazi Germany left a power vacuum in Europe in 1945.
- Bolshevik - political party that seized power in Russia in 1917.
- in 1925 they changed the name to All-union communist party.
- establishment of the worlds first socialist state.
- comintern- set up in 1919 to facilitate contacts between communist groups.
- in 1925 they changed the name to All-union communist party.
- Us president Woodrow Wilson 1918 14 points
- promoted the principles of self determination, open markets and collective security.
- in 1919 Versailles treaty rejected. US isolate themselves,
- promoted the principles of self determination, open markets and collective security.
- Causes of Tension.
- capitalism vs communism
- Bolshevik gov pulling out of ww1
- refusal of soviet regime to honour debts to west from previous governments
- Bolsheviks decision to kill Tsar of Russia - King George V cousin
- allied countries of the west set out to plot against the Bolsheviks, working with their enemies- they did not forget this.
- Comintern
- mutual mistrust. USSR suspicious of appeasement
- pushed Stalin(1924) into Nazi-Soviet pact (aug 1939)
- Grand alliance strains - UK, US, USSR
- Teheran (nov 1943)- issues concerning poland
- the issue of poland
- the timing of the opening of the second front
- STALIN (1879-1953)
- shrewd, manipulative, coarse, practically minded, an effective administrator and ruthless.
- joined the Bolshevik party in 1903. general secretary of the party in 1922. Undisputed leader of the soviet union from 1928.
- harsh but effective industrialisation, collectivisation of agriculture, systematic use of terror, heavy censorship and propaganda, his policies turned the USSR into a world power.
- highly suspicious of the west and anti-Bolshevik. safe guard the country against foreign attack.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945)
- energetic, enthusiastic, optimistic. Struck down by polio in 1921 confined to a wheelchair.
- president from 1933-1945
- introduced a set of new measures known as the new deal, address the problems caused by the great depression.
- brought the US into the ww2 after the attack on pearl harbour. prepared to negotiate directly with Stalin during ww2.
- WINSTON CHURCHILL (1874-1965)
- phenomenal energy, inspiring, willing to get directly involved, humane
- conservative, prime minister during ww2 1940-45 and then again in 1951-55
- strong anti communist, but prepared to work with soviet union again Ngermany. Met with Stalin several times.
- suspicious of Stalins motives in 1946 'iron curtain speech' alliance of UK and US to prevent soviet expansionism.
- the cold war emerged out of the ashes of the second world war.
- defeat of Nazi Germany left a power vacuum in Europe in 1945.
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